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reproduced above showing the primary and 

 secondary districting of the State by the 

 Geological and Natural History Survey in 

 1836 and 1837, He also exhibited an early 

 daguerreotype of Prof. Hall, long forgotten 

 by its living original and only accidentally 

 discovered, in which the strong features of 

 a vigorous prime were revealed for the first 

 time to most of those participating in the 

 meeting. This daguerreotype, together 

 with a recent photograph, is reproduced 

 above. 



Hon. T. Guilford Smith, of Buffalo, a 

 Regent of the University of New York, ad- 

 dressed the meeting on behalf of the State 

 and the University, as follows : 



I thank you very heartily, Mr. Chairman, 

 for calling upon me on this occasion, and 

 allowing me to join with others in the con- 

 gratulations to Prof. James Hall, our State 

 Geologist, one of the oldest and most dis- 

 tinguished of his profession. 



I am particularly pleased to have this 

 opportunity because Prof Hall graduated 

 from the Eensselaer School in 1832, and is 

 one of the oldest, if not the oldest, of its 

 living graduates. This school he has ever 

 regarded with profound affection and re- 

 spect, and as his reputation grows he is 

 pointed out by its authorities as an example 

 for us all to emulate. When I remember 

 that this gentleman graduated from this 

 school before I was born, and is to-day in 

 the active practice of his profession, and 

 with faculties unimpaired, it seems almost 

 incredible. As every alumnus looks with 

 more or less affection on distinguished 

 graduates of the same Alma Mater, I may 

 be pardoned in indulging a justifiable pride 

 in Dr. Hall's success, from the fact that I 

 graduated from that school in 1861, many 

 years later. 



It was somewhat at the suggestion of Dr. 

 Hall that, in 1890, I was elected a Regent 

 of the University of the State of New York, 



and in 1891 (through the favor of the late 

 Chancellor Curtis) was made chairman of 

 the State Museum Committee. This com- 

 mittee had charge, at that time, of the 

 scientific work of the State, and I had many 

 opportunities of meeting Prof. Hall, and of 

 being made thoroughly aware of his cease- 

 less activity and ability to do two or three 

 men's work. 



In this connection, after much delibera- 

 tion, Dr. Hall finally consented to the pub- 

 lication of the new geologic map of the 

 State, a copy of which he was good enough 

 to send me recently, and which I have 

 hung upon the walls of this Society ; there 

 it is. I hope it may remain there, with 

 your permission, Mr. Chairman, in com- 

 memoration of this meeting, with some 

 suitable inscription, stating that it was pre- 

 sented to the Geologic Society, and by 

 them deposited with the Bufialo Society of 

 Natural Sciences, in commemoration of this 

 meeting. 



Please examine this map closely. Dr. 

 Hall does not claim it is perfect, and for- 

 bore publishing it for many years in order 

 to improve it and to increase its accuracy. 

 You will notice on the map that there are 

 many spaces perfectly white and left en- 

 tirely plain. These, as Dr. Hall has stated 

 to me and to others, are suggestions to his 

 collaborators, and to those who come after 

 him, of the necessity of further work be- 

 fore a final and complete geologic map of 

 the State of New York can be had. 



The map which preceded this, and which, 

 you may remember, was a very different 

 affair, served its purpose at that time; yet 

 Dr. Hall felt that, in deference to the work 

 that had been done since, any map which 

 bore his name, and which was issued by the 

 authority of this State, should embody all 

 that has been found out since. 



In the work connected with his high 

 office. Dr. Hall has surrounded himself, in 

 the many years of his service, with many 



