768 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OF [Dec., 
Rudolf, Africa. Mr. Alfred C. Harrison, Jr., and Dr. H. M. 
Hiller, who are at present conducting an expedition in the interior 
of Sumatra, have generously promised to the Academy such of 
their collections as are pertinent to its work, a portion of the 
material having been already shipped. 
The Curators would express the indebtedness of the Academy to 
the late Thomas Meehan, Dr. P. P. Calvert, Theodore D. Rand, 
Lewis Woolman, Charles Liebeck and other members for aid in 
various departments, as well as to the students of the Jessup Fund, 
Miss H. N. Wardle, Edward G. Vanatta, James A. G. Rehn and 
H. L. Yiereck. 
Besides the frequent consultation of the collections by visiting 
naturalists, specimens have been loaned for study to C. D. Beadle, 
E. L. Morris, W. B. Scott, G. S. Miller, Jr., M. J. Rathburn, 
C. H. Ball, W. B. Clark, W. D. Matthew, B. L. Robinson, E. 
D. Merrill, J. W. Gidlev, G. C. Martin, H. M. Smith, R. Ridg- 
way, M. W. Lyon, Jr., J. Dwight, Jr., O. P. Hay, R. Bowdler 
Sharpe, R. Arnold, R. II. Howe, Jr., E. A. Mearns, A. W. 
Evans, B. G. Wilder, D. G. Elliott and Alpheus Hyatt. 
Henry C. Chapman, 
Samuel G. Dixon, 
Arthur E. Brown, 
Henry A. Pilsbry, 
Curators. 
REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF THE WILLIAM S. 
VAUX COLLECTIONS. 
The Curator of the William S. Vaux Collections would respect¬ 
fully report that the specimens added have been fewer than in 
prior years, but have been unusually fine. Among them may be 
particularly mentioned a crystallized native copper from Lake Su¬ 
perior ; five tourmalines, including an unusually fine achroite, two 
showing cat’s-eye reflections ; an excellent green tourmaline and 
rubellite, and a very remarkable opal from Australia. 
Much interest has been manifested in the collections by the 
visitors to the museum. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Theodore D. Rand, 
Curator. 
