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the Sergeant-at-Arms be and is hereby directed to set apart and 

 prepare the committee room, numbered fourteen, for the use of 

 the State Naturalist for the deposit and arrangement of the speci- 

 mens collected and to be collected in the Geological, Botanical and 

 Zoological^Survey of the State." * 



This resolution which was so opportunely offered and adopted 

 is prospective in its character and evidently contemplates the 

 formation of a State Cabinet of the Natural History of Vermont 

 a purpose which will meet with the approval of every thought- 

 ful citizen. This important step has undoubtedly been taken 

 towards the formation of such a Cabinet for the purpose of col- 

 lecting and preserving to all time, valuable specimens of the Nat- 

 Ural History of the State, and affording a safe and attractive re 

 pository for the discoveries resulting from the future researches 

 of inquisitive and scientific inquirers. Q?he minerals and other 

 geological specimens already collected in great numbers by the 

 State Geologist and State Naturalist will form the basis of the 

 State Cabinet as this Resolution implies, to which great additions 

 can hereafter be made in the botanical and zoological departments 

 of Natural History. 



The State House seems to be the most central and, therefore^ 

 the most appropriate locality for such a Cabinet. Visited as the 

 capitol is and always will be at all times of the year, every rare 

 object in such a Cabinet would be universally seen and duly ap- 

 preciated. Those persons who are making new discoveries in 

 the mineral wealth of Vermont, and are desirous of exhibiting 

 new and beautiful specimens of marble, serpentine, steatite, &c., 

 to the largest number and in the most imposing and attractive 

 manner would naturally contribute to it. Such contributions, 

 originating as they might, possibly, in a wish to advertise the 

 rare products of a particular locality will, of course, greatly 

 tend to increase the beauty and add to the value of the State 

 Cabinet. 



Such a collection as this resolution implies will also facilitate 

 the too much neglected study of our Geology and Natural His- 

 tory. If the rocks of Vermont are arranged in such a collection 

 according to their respective counties and the organic remains 



*See Appendix No. 8. 



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