MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 



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REPORT OF MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

 GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. 



In recognition of the good share of attention given under the 

 Department of Geology to instruction in Geography, a change in 

 the name of the Department has been made, as indicated in the 

 above heading. Herewith is associated for the present the instruc- 

 tion in Mining and Metallurgy, although it may be anticipated that, 

 with the fuller development of these subjects, they will in time be 

 placed in an independent department, similar to that which a 

 year ago was constituted by bringing together the courses in Min- 

 eralogy from the Department of Chemistry, and those in Petro- 

 graphy from the Department of Geology. 



The liberal appropriations made by the Council of the Univer- 

 sity Library for several years past have made it possible to obtain 

 a nearly complete collection of large-scale topographical maps of 

 the various countries of Europe. As further expenditure in this 

 direction will henceforward be limited to the purchase of new map- 

 sheets, as they are issued, it is desired now to turn attention to 

 the accumulation of the large-scale maps and detailed memoirs 

 issued by the various geological surveys abroad. A good be- 

 ginning in this direction has been made in the Whitney library, 

 where the publications of the geological surveys of Germany, 

 Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland are already in hand, as far 

 as published. A second step has been taken during the past year 

 by the allotment of a special sum from the funds of the University 

 Library for the purchase of geological maps. The maps of Sax- 

 ony and a considerable number of those of England have thus 

 been bought. It is hoped that a sum, equivalent to that allowed 

 for topographical maps in recent years, may now be appropriated 

 for geological maps for several years to come. 



The better concentration of geological and geographical mate- 

 rials is promoted by a plan proposed during the past winter. Geo- 

 graphical journals and topographical maps, hitherto in the Library 

 of the Museum, have been transferred to the University Library, 

 in so far as they are not duplicates. In like manner, geological 



