REPORT. 



To the President and Fellows of Harvard College : — 



During the past academic year the regular courses in Zoology, 

 Geology, Geography, and Meteorology were given in the labora- 

 tories of the Zoological Section of the Museum. During the 

 second half year some of the courses under the Department of 

 Geology were transferred to the new southwest corner-piece, 

 the Geological Section of the Museum. 



Eleven courses in Zoology were given by Professors Mark, 

 Jackson, Parker, Drs. Castle and Rand, assisted by Messrs. Breed, 

 Carpenter, Ordway, Peters, and six sub-assistants. These courses 

 were attended by two hundred and sixty-seven students. Five 

 courses in Zoology were given to thirty -five students of Radcliffe 

 College. 



Seventeen courses under the Department of Geology were given 

 by Professors Shaler, Davis, Jackson, Ward, J. B. Woodworth, 

 and Dr. Jaggar, assisted by Messrs. Goldthwait, Wilder, and 

 Woodman, and three sub-assistants. These courses were attended 

 by five hundred and sixty -nine students. Six courses in Geology 

 were attended by sixty students of Radcliffe College. 



In Professor Ward's report will be found a detailed account of 

 the equipment and assignment of the rooms in the new Geologi- 

 cal Section of the University Museum. It is doubtful if any 

 Geological Department connected with an institution of learning 

 is so comfortably and liberally housed as that of Harvard Univer- 

 sity in its University Museum. The two plates accompanying 

 this Report show at a glance the great structure planned by Louis 

 Agassiz and the building periods through which it has passed in 

 forty-three years. But one hundred feet of the south wing are 

 needed to realize the plan of its distinguished founder and give 

 to Harvard University a Museum with Laboratories of Natural 

 History suited to its needs. 



