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These Reports are to be published either by the Museum or 

 in connection with other publications. Collections of Crustacea 

 have been sent to Professor Alph. Milne Edwards ; of Annel- 

 lids, to Professors Ehlers and Perrier ; of Star Fishes, to Pro- 

 fessor Perrier ; of Cephalopods, to Professor Carus ; of Sponges, 

 to Processor Schmidt; Hydroids, to Mr. Clarke, of the Johns 

 Hopkins University ; Mollusca, to Mr. Dall, of the Smithsonian ; 

 and Crinoids, to Sir Wyville Thomson. 



During the years 1862 to 1864, a number of collections were 

 sent from the Museum to schools and colleges, not only in the 

 State, but also throughout the country. From 1864 to 1876, 

 collections have been sent at irregular intervals to complete, 

 as far as possible, the series intended for instruction in our 

 schools. Since 1876, the date of the last Report, an unusually 

 large number of collections have been sent out, supplementing 

 tliose previously sent to High Schools, Normal Schools, and 

 Colleges in the State : to the eight State Normal Schools ; 

 to the Public Schools of Boston, through Miss Crocker ; to 

 Amherst and Williams Colleges ; to the Peabody Academy at 

 Salem ; to the Boston Society of Natural History ; to the Welles- 

 ley College ; to the Springfield City Museum ; to the Cam- 

 bridge High School ; to the Museum at Gloucester ; to Mount 

 Holyoke Seminary; to Maplewood Institute, Pittsfield. Similar 

 collections have been sent outside of the State to Chicago, to 

 Cornell University, to Salt Lake City, to Brown University, 

 to the University of Michigan, to Hillsdale, to Buffalo, to Ken- 

 tucky, to Oberlin College, to Marietta. As far as practicable, 

 similar educational collections will always be cheerfully sent, 

 when the time of our staff will allow. 



The general instruction at the Museum has been in charge 

 of Professors J. D. Whitney, Shaler, Dr. James, Professor Ham- 

 lin, Dr. Faxon, Dr. Mark, Mr. Wadsworth. Special students 

 have also received facilities for work as well as guidance in the 

 different Laboratories of the Assistants. 



The Stiirgis-Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor J. D. 

 Whitney, has given twice a week throughout the year lectures 

 in Economic Geology to special students, candidates for the de- 

 gree of Ph.D., and to Seniors and Juniors. He also gave instruc- 

 tion in Physical Geography during the greater part of the year 

 to Sophomores and Juniors. During the past year, Professor 



