IT is with much regret that we notice the dismissal of a large part of the force at Agassiz's Museum. This discharge, together with a smaller one which took place soon after the death of Agassiz, considerably weakens the efficiency of the Institution, and renders the success of the original plan somewhat problematical.

The Legislature is unwilling to make any further appropriation till it is convinced that the amount already expended has been well used. It is indeed difficult for one not acquainted with the subject to see where the appropriations have been employed, but still it does not on that account seem necessary for the State to withhold further pecuniary support when its directors promise that, with such aid, it will not be long before the scientific world will acknowledge that the Museum of Comparative Zoology has no superior, nor even equal, in the world.