New York State Education Department 



Science Division, Sep. 26, 1905 

 Hon. Andrew S. Draper 



Commissioner of Education 



SIR: I beg to communicate for publication as a bulletin of the 

 State Museum a treatise on Fire Tests tf New York Building 

 Stones, prepared by W. E. McCourt. The usefulness of this trea- 

 tise to engineers, architects and boards of underwriters will, I 

 believe, be immediate. 



Very respectfully yours 



JOHN M. CLARKE 



Director and State Geologist 



Approved for publication, Sep. 26, 



Commissioner of Education 





