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Field  Columbian  Museum— Reports,  Vol.  i. 
March  20.  —  "The  Physical  Anthropology  in  the  Field  Columbian 
Museum. " 
Dr.  G.  A.  Dorsey,  Assistant  Curator,  Department  of 
Anthropology. 
March  27. — "  The  Silver  Cities  of  Mexico." 
Prof.  O.  C.  Farrington,  Curator,  Department  of  Geology. 
April  3.  —  "  The  Plateau  of  Bolivia,  The  Thibet  of  the  New  World." 
Dr.  G.  A.  Dorsey,  Assistant  Curator,  Department  of 
Anthropology. 
April  10.  —  "  Travels  in  Brazil." 
Dr.  C.  F.  Millspaugh,  Curator,  Department  of  Botany. 
April  17.  —  "The  East  African  Expedition — London    to  South  of 
Toyo  Plain." 
D.   G.  Elliot,  F.   R.  S.  E.,   Curator,  Department  of 
Zoology. 
April  24.  —  "The  East  African  Expedition — Toyo  to  Ogaden  and 
Berbera. 
D.  G.  Elliot,   F.   R.  S.  E.,  Curator,   Department  of 
Zoology. 
The  attendance  was  very  large  at  all  of  these  lectures,  and  in 
several  instances  numbers  were  unable  to  gain  admission.  The 
capacity  of  the  lecture  hall  is  inadequate  and  its  ventilation  very  poor. 
There  are  obvious  reasons  why  these  lectures  should  be  continued  in 
the  Museum  Building,  but  that  their  sphere  of  usefulness  and  their 
educational  results  are  much  contracted  by  reason  of  the  size  and 
arrangement  of  the  lecture  hall  is  without  doubt.  The  stereopticon  is 
lighted  by  electricity,  and  the  reflections  are  much  more  brilliant  and 
distinct  than  has  heretofore  been  the  case.-  A  new  reading  lamp  with 
modern  appliances  also  adds  much  to  the  comfort  and  satisfaction  of 
the  lecturers.  There  are  on  hand,  classified  by  lectures,  1,060  slides 
as  follows: 
Total  Number         Number  of  Illus- 
of  Slides.  trated  Lectures. 
Anthropology   150  slides  9 
Botany   202     "  5 
Geology   308    "  9  . 
General   107     "  3 
Zoology   293     "  8 
Publications. — The  established  series  of  publications  have  been 
continued,  and  the  issues  have  appeared  at  comparatively  regular 
