REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



Albany, N. Y., January i6, 1896. 



To the Honorable the Regents of the University of the State of New York : 



Gentlemen. — I have the honor to submit herewith a report of 

 Museum work clone by me and under my direction during the fiscal year 

 ending September 30, 1895. 



The personal work of the Director apart from his administrative duties 

 has been devoted to the prosecution of the work on Economic Geology 

 upon which he has been for several years engaged. 



On or about October i, 1894, he was requested by Hon. John Boyd 

 Thacher to prepare for publication in the New York report on the 

 World's Columbian Exposition a map illustrative of the geology and 

 mineral resources of this State and to amplify for publication the report 

 previously made on the mining exhibit. With the consent of the Chair- 

 man of the Museum Committee this work was undertaken, but owing to 

 the short amount of time at my disposal — about three weeks — it was 

 not possible to make the map as perfect as desired, and in the first edition 

 which was published with the World's fair report there were some errors 

 and omissions which occurred because the authorities from whom informa- 

 tion had been requested had not responded up to the time the map went 

 to press. Subsequently an opportunity was afforded of preparing a 

 revised edition for publication by the University of the State of New 

 York for distribution to the educational institutions and for sale at cost 

 price. In this second edition there were a few typographical errors which 

 the engraver had failed to correct, although they were indicated in a 

 revised proof sent to him for the purpose, and it was necessary to make 

 a third revision for the edition of the map published with the second 

 edition of the World's fair report, which is soon to appear. This third 

 edition is now as nearly correct as it can be made without considerable 

 'expense and investigation in the field. 



At the December meeting of the Board of Regents in 1894, the 

 Director reported that the bulletin on the clay industries of New York, 



