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The collections of the Museum in the Palaeontological Depart- 

 ment are ample for all purposes of ordinary instruction. For 

 instruction in Lithology, we are for the present sufficiently well 

 prepared. Books and maps for illustrating instruction in Dy- 

 namical and Field Geology are at hand in sufficient number and 

 variety; but a considerable sum could be advantageously ex- 

 pended in procuring models in plaster, wood, and glass, for various 

 illustrative purposes. Extensive collections in Economical Geol- 

 ogy, and a large amount of room in which to display them, are 

 required, if thoroughly valuable instruction is to be given in 

 this portion of the course. The funds of the Geological De- 

 partment of the Museum are, as it appears, hardly more than 

 sufficient, however, for the payment of the salary of the Pro- 

 fessor. During the past year, the Corporation of Harvard 

 College has paid one thousand dollars towards the expense of 

 bookcases for the geological library ; and the sum of one hundred 

 and forty-two dollars and fifty-two cents has been received from 

 the Sturgis-Hooper fund, in addition to tlie salary of the Pro- 

 fessor. This latter sum was applied to the payment of the 

 expense of fitting up the lecture-room with black-boards, chairs, 

 tables, and other necessary furniture. All the other expenses of 

 the department have been paid by the Sturgis-Hooper Professor ; 

 including the cost of lithographing and printing the illustrations 

 of Vol. VI. Part 2 of the ^lemoirs, and the amount paid 

 Mr. Lesquereux for the preparation of the text. 



