APPENDIX XL 



Commission 



PROM AUGUSTUS YOUNG, STATE NATURALIST, 

 TO ALBERT D. HAGER. 



To ALBERT D. HAGER, ESQ., Proctorsville, Vt. : 



SIR : Upon the suggestion and recommendation of several 

 prominent citizens, and reposing special trust in your ability, fidel- 

 ity and taste, I hereby appoint you Assistant State Naturalist and 

 commission you accordingly : 



You will proceed to Burlington, and by enquiry and examina- 

 tion, ascertain the number and condition of the minerals and fos- 

 sils and other specimens there collected by the late State Natu- 

 ralist, and take all the instruments and tools and other property 

 belonging to the department of the Geological Survey into your 

 custody. The specimens and all said property you will send to 

 the State House, and arrange them, in their proper apart- 

 ment. 



You will arrange in room number fourteen, a proper cabinet of 

 minerals, fossils, &c., taking especial care to present the speci- 

 mens in such a scientific order as you may deem most appropri- 

 ate and attractive, and place all surplus specimens designed for 

 colleges and other institutions of the State, as well as for exchange, 

 in their proper place in room number thirty seven. 



All specimens are to be numbered and marked with their com- 

 mon and scientific name, and the labels on each should indicate its 

 locality and by whom collected or presented. The Catalogues 

 prepared by Professor Adams and Thompson will be entrusted to 

 you for your aid while attending to this branch of your duties. 



You will make an inventory of all specimens arranged in number 

 fourteen and of such as are stored in number thirty-seven, taking 

 pains while packing and unpacking to avoid all accident, and also 



