Annual Mcetin-.l 128 [May 3, 
in its history. The funds iiivosted in tiiese (collections und the 
labor given to them have been justified by the originnl results of 
Mr. Crosby's investigations and by the usefulness of the inetliod 
of arrangemiMit, l)ut they ought to serve still anotlier purpose. 
They sliow wiint can be done with other de])artnients of the 
^Fuseuni, :md how unique and useful our educational collections 
would become if all of them were completed according to the 
same plan. In other words they ought to be used to attract the 
attention of those who can help us to complete our Museum and 
do similar work in other departments. The zoology and botany 
of our own region sliould also be w^oi-ked up in a similar way to 
the geology, and tlie results publislied in series of memoirs. 
The plan of this Museum contemplated in every department 
sncli work ^as has been done by Mr. Crosby in mineralogy and 
geology. It was supposed that the continuous doing of good 
work would be sufficient to raise and multiply friends who wouhl 
be both willing and able to help us make other departments 
as effective as those of mineralogy and geology. As a matter 
of fact, however, the attention of those who can help us cannot 
be gained except by direct solicitation, and the sooner it is begun 
the better. 
Tp:AOinNrT in tiik Museum. 
Xo change has been made in this department since last year 
when a full account was given of the mode of instruction. 
The attendance has been al)Out the same as during the preceding- 
year. 
We are still without the means of heating the Museum and 
consequently cannot make the collections useful during the colder 
j)art of the winter. Although we keep the Museum open for two 
days in each week during the entire year, it is, so far as its real 
use by visitors is concerned, practically closed for four months, 
from December to March inclusive, 
A movement to raise the necessary funds to put in lieating 
apparatus and pay for the annual expenditure of coal and so on, 
has been begun, but it is felt Ihat this would be incomplete, unless 
the amount raised were also sufficient for the salary of the guide 
who alnne can really make the opening of the rooms of educational 
