Report of Director of Museum. 



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REPORT OF DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM. 



Cincinnati, O., April 2, 1895. 



To the Officers and Members of the Cincinnati Society of 

 Natural History. 



Ladies and Gentlemen : — In accordance with the Constitution and 

 custom of the Society, I hereby present to you my third annual report 

 as Director of the Museum. 



The Museum is in better condition to-day than it has ever been. 

 •Considering our cramped quarters and the fact that one-half of our 

 building is a remodeled dwelling, the impression given by a general 

 survey of the various rooms and collections is quite satisfactory. In 

 this connection I cannot speak too highly of the manner in which 

 Mr. Addison McLaughlin. Custodian of the Building, has looked 

 after the interests of the Society, not only in caring for the building, 

 and making such repairs and changes in building and fixtures as 

 increasing and rearranged collections required, but by valuable 

 assistance rendered in the acquisition, preservation and care of 

 donations and additions to the museum material. 



GEOLOGY . 



During the past year very valuable additions have been made to 

 the Department of Geology. The most important, not only in 

 quantity of material, but because of its local and general value, is the 

 donation of the Mammalian remains found in Hyde Park last June, 

 by Miss Louise Shaw. 



It is unfortunate that our collections in this department, although 

 large and valuable, as a whole only represent Palreonlotogy and 

 Crystalography. Inasmuch as this department is to be the principal 

 one rearranged and overhauled this summer, an effort will be made to 

 obtain a series of rocks, representing the geological column of Ohio, 

 while a typical series of the fossils of the Hamilton group at Cincinnati 

 (long designated as the Cincinnati group), indicating their horizons 

 .and including strata. 



