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a well-considered plan. But the unfortunate conditions existing 

 in many of our educational institutions renders the execution of 

 such a plan a most delicate task. 



To fill out the skeleton plan of our Museum as originally 

 sketched, there yet remains the completion of the rooms devoted 

 to the Marine Faunae and the Palseontological collections. The 

 expenditures necessary for this object are considerable. It will 

 require at least $8,000 to place the Atlantic and Pacific Rooms 

 in a condition to be opened to the public, and the four Palseon- 

 tological Rooms can scarcely be completed for a less sum than 

 $25,000. Having for more than ten years borne the brunt of 

 the expenditures necessary to erect the buildings, to accumulate 

 the collections, and to place on exhibition what is now open 

 to the public, I feel as if I ought to devote my time and such 

 means as I may command in a different direction, and one per- 

 haps more suited to my tastes. The development of the proper 

 courses of instruction in Natural History at Cambridge, the 

 fostering of original work among the Professors and Assistants 

 of the Museum as well as among the students, and the providing 

 of the means for the publication of such researches as may be of 

 value, is a field quite large enough in addition to the carrying 

 on of my own scientific researches, which have suffered more 

 or less from the interruptions due to the claims of the man- 

 agement of so large an establishment. While this is to be my 

 principal object, I shall not forget that, in addition to these 

 departments of the Museum in which my interest was centred, 

 there are others yet to be completed. 



The claims of the Geological Department for a larger share of 

 the income of the Museum, and for additional room, cannot be 

 much longer ignored, and there are many collections still to be 

 acquired before we shall attain the proper proportions between 

 the various departments of the Museum. 



The following annual courses of instruction have been given 

 at the Museum : — 



A course in Biology, by Professors Goodale and Faxon. 



An advanced course in Zoology, by Professor Faxon. 



General Lectures by Professor Mark, who also had charge of 

 the Embryological Laboratory ; Professor Faxon took charge 

 of the general Biological Laboratory, assisted by Mr. Nolen. 



Professors J. D. Whitney, Shaler, and Davis gave the usual 

 courses in Geology, Palaeontology, and Physical Geography. 



