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Boston, January, 1877. 



To the Honorable President of the Senate. 



Sir : — The Trustees of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 have the honor to present to the Legislature the Report of 

 the Curator to the Committee on the Museum, marked [A]. 

 There are added to the Report : [B], the petition of the Trus- 

 tees to the Legislature, asking to be authorized to transfer 

 the trusts in their hands to the Corporation of Harvard Col- 

 lege ; [C], the Act of the Legislature giving their consent to 

 this transfer; [D], votes of the Trustees and of the Corpo- 

 ration of the College relating to the transfer of the property ; 

 [E], the indenture between the Trustees of the Museum and 

 the President and Fellows of Harvard College, accepting the 

 trust; [F], a Schedule of the property received by the 

 Treasurer of Harvard College from the Treasurer of the 

 Trustees ; [G] , report of a committee of the Museum 

 Faculty on the publications of the Museum. [H] contains a 

 list of the Faculty of the Museum and the Assistants appointed 

 by them ; and [I] a list of the present Trustees. 



ABBOTT LAWRENCE, Secretary. 



