6 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 
in the Bulletin, Vol. 46, No. 4. They give a preliminary report 
of the cruise; a more extended account, with charts and illustra- 
tions, will be published in an early issue of the Memoirs. The 
collections arrived safely and have been distributed to thirty-four 
specialists. The reports on the scientific results will appear 
chiefly in the Bulletins and Memoirs of the Museum. 
The library of the Museum consists of 41,157 volumes and 
30,033 pamphlets ; the accessions for the year are 1,982 volumes 
and 1,607 pamphlets. 
The publications for the year include two volumes and one 
number of the Memoirs, one volume and nine numbers of the 
Bulletin, and the Annual Report. The two volumes of the 
Memoirs (Volumes 30 and 81) contain the Reports on the col- 
lection of Panamic deep-sea Echini by Mr. Agassiz, and the Star- 
fishes by Professor Ludwig, made by the “ Albatross ” expedition 
of 1891. Together, these volumes make one of the most exten- 
sive publications that the Museum has yet issued. Mr. Springer’s 
Memoir on Cleiocrinus describes and figures, in detail, one of the 
earliest of known Crinoids, and one of most intricate structure. 
Of the nine numbers of the Bulletin, four numbers contain reports 
on the scientific results of the expeditions of the ‘‘ Albatross,” 
two on the one of 1891, and two on the recent cruise in the 
Eastern Tropical Pacific; one number is a report upon some of 
the results of Mr. Agassiz’s expedition to the Maldives; one is a 
contribution from the Zodlogical Laboratory, and one a contribu- 
tion from the Geological Laboratory; one number deals with 
Museum collections, and one volume and one number are based 
primarily on Museum collections. The Corporation has granted 
an appropriation of $350.00, to assist in the publication of Con- 
tributions from the Zodlogical and Geological Laboratories, and 
Mr. Agassiz’s generous interest provides for the publication of the 
Memoirs and Bulletins which contain the reports on the scientific 
results of the expeditions connected with his work. 
The appointment of Professor Hubert Lyman Clark, as as- 
sistant in Invertebrate Zodlogy, supplies a long-felt want; there 
is, however, urgent need for assistants in Invertebrate Palaeontol- 
ogy, in Entomology, and in Ornithology. 
SAMUEL HENSHAW. 
