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COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. [Mar. 



resumed by Professor Shaler, for whom a convenient work- 

 room and laboratory have been fitted up in the Museum. The 

 calls upon the Museum to furnish facilities for teaching, by 

 the college, both to undergraduates and special students, 

 have been very urgent, and show how far behind the require- 

 ments of the Professors the facilities at the disposal of the 

 Curator are, both in the way of room and of material, models, 

 diagrams and apparatus generally. The deficiencies for more 

 advanced students are still greater, and are especially marked 

 with the present reduced staff of the Museum assistants. It 

 is hoped, however, that by making use of the assistants, for 

 instruction in the different departments, that the difficulty 

 will be removed to a certain extent. 



It was deemed advisable by the trustees of the Museum 

 and the corporation of the college, to simplify somewhat the 

 organization of the Museum. The office of Director was con- 

 sequently abolished, and the trustees are now represented in 

 the care of the Museum, and its property by the Museum 

 Committee. A copy of the amendments to the original arti- 

 cles of agreement is added to this Report. To Messrs. 

 N. Thayer and Geo. B. Emerson, the Museum is deeply 

 indebted for assistance, generously tendered in times of need. 



For the Museum Committee, 



ALEXANDER AGASSIZ. 

 THEODORE LYMAN. 



Cambridge, January, 1875. 



The details of the business of the Museum will be found 

 in the accompanying reports of the various departments. 



