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the Legislature made an appropriation to buy more land, which 

 we think has been purchased, and w^e hope our prospects for 

 additional room is brighter than last year. That it will come 

 sometime is our prayer. 



If we could have the room necessary the Museum could be 

 made much more useful and interesting. We are so crowded 

 now^ that the specimens cannot be displayed to an advantage. 

 If they could be, the value of the Museum would be greatly en- 

 hanced. Although we have very valuable exhibits from the 

 educational exhibits for the past thirty-two years, yet for the 

 want of room they cannot be shown properly; therefore, much 

 of the benefit they would give is lost. 



The intention of the Museum Commission was to have more 

 work from the schools each year, which we now are unable to 

 get for the want of space to display it. It also intended to have 

 a department of agriculture and manufacture, but for the same 

 reason, want of room, we cannot carry it out. Take one branch 

 of manufacture, the Potteries, could make one of the best and 

 most interesting exhibits in the Museum. The same could be 

 said of many other New Jersey industries. New Jersey is rich 



in its manufactures and its agricultural products. 



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List of Publications Received. 



The Vertebrates of the Cayuga Lake Basin, N. Y. Cornell University. 



The Trees and Birds, Free Public Library of Newark. N. J. 



Proceedings of the American Association of Museums for 1909. 



Park Museum Bulletin for Nov.-Dec. 1909, Roger Williams Park. 



The Apteryx for January, 1905, Roger Williams Park Museum. 



The Apteryx for April, 1905, Roger Williams Park Museum. 



The Apteryx for July, 1905, Roger Williams Park Museum. 



Monograph No. 14, Check List of the Birds of Rhode Island. Roger Wil- 

 liams Park Museum. 



Monograph No. 15, The Reptiles and Batrachians of Rhode Lsland. Roger 

 Williams Park Museum. 



Monograph No. 17, The Land and Fresh Water Shells of Great Bntam, 

 Roger Williams Park Museum. 



Bulletin No. i, September, 1904, Instructions for Collection and Mountmg 

 Insects, also a Check List of the Coleoptera of the State of Rhode Island, 

 USA Roger Williams Park Museum. 



Bulletin No. i, October, 1904. A Numbered Check List of North American 

 Unionidse, Roger Williams Park Museum. 



