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ANNUAL KEPOKT OF THE 



The publications of the past year consisted of four numbers of 

 the " Bulletin," including one contribution from the Zoological 

 Laboratory, in charge of Professor Mark. Mr. Agassiz's Report 

 on the Coral Reefs of the Fiji Islands occupies the whole of 

 Vol. XXXIII. Vol. XXXV. is now in course of publication. 

 Of the Memoirs, Vol. XXIV., Mr. Garman's Report on the 

 Fishes of the " Albatross" Expedition, is nearly ready. 



Chi. !' among the repairs and alterations in the building has 

 been the removal of the elevator in the North wing, thus provid- 

 ing space for additional cases in the large exhibition hall and the 

 gallery. 



The corporation having voted the necessary funds for the con- 

 traction of a shed at the South end of the West wing, Professor 

 Wolff has removed his motor and dynamo from the basement, 

 together with the rest of the machinery of the mineralogical de- 

 partment. This gives us two rooms in the basement, of which 

 we have been much in need, for a taxidermist's shop and general 

 museum uses. 



The number of visitors to the Museum on Sunday afternoons 

 has been so large during the winter that . at our request the 

 Mayor of Cambridge has detailed two police officers to be in 

 attendance on Sunday afternoons to assist in patrolling the 

 building. 



The use of the exhibition rooms by teachers and their classes 

 has been greater during the past year than at any time previous, 

 and letters are constantly being received asking if the Museum 

 is open on Saturday afternoons. It is not uncommon to see from 

 four to six classes in a single afternoon. 



K very- effort has been made to diminish the fire risks, which 

 have increased with the growing attendance of students in the 

 many laboratories in the building. In addition to the stand pipes 

 and hose racks installed last year, the corporation has agreed to 

 provide a night watchman who shall regularly patrol the building 

 at night, and for this purpose have installed a watchman's clock 

 system, which also extends to the Peabody and University Mu- 

 seums. Furthermore the Faculty of the Museum have voted 

 that the building shall no longer be opened at night for seminars 

 and other meetings. It is hoped that at some not distant day the 

 boilers of the heating plant can be removed to a separate, de- 

 tached, building. 



