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with an assistant, visited fields in Wyom- 

 ing, Montana, Dakota, and Nebraska. 

 Over two hundred boxes of excellent ma- 

 terial were added to the collections of the 

 State Museum. 



A geological expedition for 1900 is already 

 assured by a recent gift, to that end, made 

 by Mr. Morrill to the Board of Regents of 

 the University of Nebraska. 



In each instance theBurlington«&Missouri 

 Eiver Railroad furnished free transportation 

 for the party and ' outfit ' as well as for all 

 material collected. So with free transpor- 

 tation, and the gratuitous service of stu- 

 dents of the University of Nebraska and 

 with all expenses defrayed by the Hon. 

 Charles H. Morrill, a maximum amount of 

 material at a minimum cost was massed 

 together. Sets of duplicate specimens have 

 since been donated to 40 accredited high 

 schools, academies, and colleges in the State, 

 and exchanges have been made with the 

 following universities : Ohio, Utah, Kan- 

 sas, Minnesota, Columbia, Case School of 

 Applied Science and to the Field Col- 

 umbian Museum, and the National Mu- 

 seum. These collections seem to have un- 

 usual exchange value, the demand for them 

 even exceeding the supply. The usefulness 

 then of Mr. Morrill's work has extended 

 beyond the limits of the State, and while 

 contributing to the cabinets of others, his 

 own collections have been so enriched as to 

 fill most of the cases on the main floor of the 

 State Museum and some of the cases on the 

 second floor. 



Caeeie Adeline Baebotje. 



The Univeesity of Nebraska. 



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