REPORT 



TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, 



The Regents of the University 

 Respectfully Report : 



That since their last annual report, no progress has been made 

 in rearranging the collections in Natural History. In the supply 

 bill reported by the Committee of ways and means in April last, 

 provision for cases and fixtures, and for some alteration in the 

 plan of the building, was made ; but the unexpected adjournment 

 of the Legislature without passing the bill, relieves this board, as 

 the Curators of the Cabinet, from responsibility for its present 

 condition. 



It was a source of deep regret to the Regents, that on an occasion 

 of great interest to the science of the country, when large numbers 

 of the most eminent scientific men of the nation were gathered in 

 the capital of the State, its collections could not be exhibited. The 

 occasion had at an early day been designated as suitable for the 

 inauguration of the new Geological Hall ; and, on full consultation, 

 it was regarded expedient, notwithstanding the condition of the 

 Cabinet, that the ceremonies of the inauguration should take plac^ 

 An audience of some five thousand people filled a tent which had 

 been erected in the Park of the Albany Academy, and listened 

 with great interest to appropriate addresses from 



Prof. Louis Agassiz, of Cambridge, Mass.; 



Prof. Chester Dewey, of Rochester ; 



Pres. Edward Hitchcock, of Amherst, Mass.; 



Pres. A. B. Anderson, of Rochester ; 



Prof. Charles Davies, of Fishkill ; 



Rev. Dr. Cox, of Owego. 



