REPORT. 



Albany, N. Y., January 15, 1896 



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



Gentlemen. — The work in the Department of Geology and Paleon- 

 tology has been carried on during the past year as heretofore, using all 

 the means at my disposal for the forwarding of general work in geology 

 and paleontology, especially for the geologic map, and for the work 

 upon the reticulate sponges in paleontology, as well as investigations of 

 minor importance as will be shown in the full report of the year. 



In order that the Regents might have at their disposal the means of 

 furnishing academies and schools with collections representing the rocks 

 and fossils of the New York series of formations I continued the 

 services of Mr Ebenezer Emmons in assorting the large stores of fossils 

 originally collected for the New York Paleontology, for the use of 

 the schools of the State. He continued his services in this direction at 

 the expense of the appropriations for the geological department until I 

 received the following notice from your office : 



Regents' Office, Albany, N. Y., 4 Jan 1895 



At a legal meeting of the regents of the University of the State of 

 New York, held at their office' in the Capitol in Albany, December 12 

 1894, the following action was taken : 



Extracts from Official Minutes 



Duplicates for schools. It was found that the State Geologist assigned 

 to the labor connected with gifts of duplicates to schools an amount of 

 time and assistance greatly in excess of what similar collections could be 

 bought for from dealers. 



Voted, That no farther requests for specimens from the duplicate 



collection can be granted till there is an appropriation for the necessary 



expenses of selecting, labeling and packing. 



A true record. Attest : 



MELVIL DEWEY 



Secretary 



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