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in our entrance hall. A number of specimens have also been 

 received from Mr. Ernest Papendiek. 



In the Botanical Department the chief work has been the 

 transfer of the Lowell Herbarium to the new cases already 

 mentioned. The other specimens have also been examined 

 and dusted during the year, but the present cases are so 

 poorly made that such an examination should be made every 

 two or three months to preserve the collection. The Com- 

 mittee reports the collection to be now as large, or perhaps 

 larger, than it should be, and, until a catalogue is published 

 it can be of little use to any one. 



Few additions have been made during the year, the most 

 important being some fruits from the Sandwich Islands j^re- 

 served in alcohol, collected and presented by Dr. Kneeland. 



The collections of minerals is now in good condition, a 

 very large and valuable addition, the collection of Rev. Mr. 

 Beadle, of Philadelphia, has been made by purchase, a por- 

 tion of the cost being subscribed by two members of the 

 Society, and a part of the remainder obtained by the sale of 

 duplicates. The specimens thus obtained, include many of 

 large size and exceeding beauty, and when they can be 

 placed on exhibition will greatly add to the interest of the 

 collction. New cases will have to be constructed, however 

 for its proper arrangement. 



Mr. Thos. Gaffield has presented a beautiful Japanese 

 crystal globe to the collection. 



The number of visitors to the Museum seems steadily to 

 increase, quite a number of schools have also visited the 

 collection with their teachers during the year. The Museum 

 was open daily to the public during the Peace Jubilee, when 

 the city provided two special police for its protection. Dur- 

 ing the summer, owing to the neglect of the city government 

 to send police officers on visitor's days, considerable injury 

 was done by visitors to the building and collections, it was 

 therefore decided in October to close the doors until a per- 



