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THE Report of the Museum of Comparative Zoology for the past year, which has just reached this country, is of great interest, as it gives us an account of the way in which the supporters of this noble Institution have endeavoured to meet the blow it suffered by the premature death of its founder. The Penikese School of Natural History succumbed, we know, after a faint struggle, but it does not at all appear that the Museum of Comparative Zoology is likely to follow its example. A fund of 260,600 dollars has been raised by public subscription, as a memorial to Aeassiz, which is to be devoted to the completion and endowment of the Museum, and the State of Massachusetts has granted a further sum of 50,000 dollars to the like object. As more than the amount, stated to be necessary for the purpose has thus been received we trust there can be no doubt that the desired object will be attained, and the building finished and its staff endowed according to the plans formed by the late Professor Agassiz.
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The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, U.S.A 1 . Nature 14, 109–110 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014109a0
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