New York State Education Department 



Science Division, May 14, 1912 



Hon. Andrew S. Draper LL.D. 



Commissioner of Education 



SIR : I have the honor to communicate to you herewith a manu- 

 script entitled The Lower Siluric Shales of the Mohawk Valley, with 

 accompanying plates. This work has been prepared by Dr Rudolf 

 Ruedemann, Assistant State Paleontologist, and is the result of 

 careful and protracted observations. I recommend it, subject to 

 your approval, for publication as a bulletin of the State Museum. 



Very respectfully 



JOHN M. CLARKE 



Director 



STATE OF NEW YORK 

 EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 



COMMISSIONER'S ROOM 

 Approved for publication this i$th day of May 1912 



Commissioner of Education 



