PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Fourth Series Vol. XIX, No. 14, pp. 41 1-482 May 29, 1931 XIV REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM AND OF THE AQUARIUM FOR THE YEAR 1930 BY BARTON WARREN EVERMANN Director of the Museum and of the A quarium The Annual Report of the Director for the year 1929 was presented to the Academy at the Annual Meeting, February 19, 1930. The present report, submitted at this Annual Meet-ing, February 19, 1931, sets forth briefly the scientific and educational activities of the Academy for the calendar year 1930. Personnel The employees of the Museum as of January 1, 1931, were as follows : Dr. Barton Warren Evermann, Director and Executive Curator of the Museum and of the Aquarium, and Editor of the Academy publications ; Susie M. Peers, Secre-tary to the Board of Trustees; Annie G. Hobson, Recording Secretary of the Academy; Alice Eastwood, Curator. John Thomas Howell, Assistant Curator, and Kate E. Phelps, as-sistant. Department of Botany ; Edward P. Van Duzee, Cura-tor, J. O. Martin and Amy Williamson, assistants, Dr. Edwin C. Van Dyke, Honorary Curator, Dr. Frank E. Blaisdell, Re-search Associate, and Dr. Frank R. Cole, Associate Curator