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costly instruments and the cooperation of many persons, it may 
be for a prolonged period, and, of course, cannot be brought to 
the most satisfactory results without an expenditure of money 
corresponding to the nature and duration of the work. 
“It is much to be regretted that the Academy is not provided 
with the means of publishing its scientific and other productions, 
Since its establishment, upward of five hundred papers, many of 
them possessing great scientific value, have been contributed by 
its members and by others who have been invited to take part in 
its sessions. Some of these, it is true, have reached the circle of 
scientific readers through other channels of publication, but it 
cannot be doubted that the interests of science, as well as the 
dignity of the Academy, would be promoted by the annual pub- 
lication of a volume of its scientific memoirs and other proceed- 
ings under its own direction and authority. 
““As a recognized counselor of the Government, frequently 
called upon for important scientific service, it is thought that the 
Academy may reasonably hope that provision will be made by 
the Government for such publication,” 
— Asa result of the explorations of the United States Fish 
Commission within the past ten years, 1000 additions to the 
Maine invertebrate fauna of New England have been made; many 
of them, however, have been independently discovered by Prof. 
Verrill, who also has had charge of these explorations undertaken 
by the Commission. Moreover, the Commission has discovered 
award of the first honorary prize by the Emperor of Germany to 
Prof. Baird, who is regarded in Europe, in the words of the 
president of the German Fischerei Verein, as the first fish cul- 
turist in the world. 
— The steamer Blake, Commander J. R. Bartlett, U. SN; 
Assistant Coast and Geodetic Survey, under instructions from 
. P. Patterson, superintendent of that survey, lately read a paper 
on a dredging trip of three or four weeks off the coast between 
George’s bank and the latitude of Savannah. The lines dredged 
Over, approved by the superintendent, were those selected by 
