6 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



The Corporation has ^continued an appropriation of four hundred 

 dollars to assist in publishing some of the theses from the Zoologi- 

 cal Laboratory. 



I spent the past winter in Fiji, accompanied by Dr. Woodworth 

 and Dr. Mayer, in studying the Coral Reefs. The Expedition was 

 most successful, the weather admirable, and an immense amount 

 of material relating to coral reefs was collected. A preliminary 

 account of the expedition has been published in the American 

 Journal of Science for February and for July of tins year. I hope 

 during the early part of the coming year to publish the full Re- 

 port of the Expedition, the text of which is nearly completed, while 

 the accompanying plates are in the hands of the lithographers. 

 In order to supply information which we could not obtain in our 

 limited time I have been able, through the kindness of Profes- 

 sor David of Sydney, to engage Mr. E. C. Andrews to visit Fiji, 

 and explore more in detail the elevated limestones which play so 

 important a part in the history of the coral reefs of that group. 

 Mr. Andrews reached Fiji in July, and has been at work there 

 during the past summer. 



I am specially indebted for facilities and assistance to Sir Wil- 

 liam C. Van Home, and Mr. T. G. Shaughnessy of the Canadian 

 Pacific Railroad, to Sir George O'Brien, Governor of Fiji, to the 

 Hon. J. Stewart, Colonial Secretary, to Hon. W. L. Allardyce, 

 Assistant Native Commissioner, to Mr. Berry, to Captain Calder, 

 and to a number of friends in Fiji, to whom a great part of the 

 success of our trip is due. 



A List of the Publications of the Museum will be found in Ap- 

 pendix A, and a list of the publications of the officers and instruc- 

 tors other than those contained in our Memoirs and Bulletins will 

 be found accompanying the special Reports. 



This will be the last Museum Report which I shall have the 

 honor to make. My resignation both as Curator and Director of 

 the Museum, to take effect at the close of the present academic 

 year, has been accepted by the Faculty of the Museum, and by the 

 Corporation. This resignation was accompanied by certain condi- 

 tions, which will be found in Appendix C. 



The Faculty of the Museum has appointed Professor George 

 L. Goodale and Dr. Henry P. Walcott as a Committee to take 

 charge of the Museum, and Dr. W. McM. Woodworth has been 

 appointed Assistant in charge. 



