6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



active and extremely valuable expert service to the increasing of 

 our collections without a dollar of compensation from the state. It 

 is a pleasure to recognize in this public way a service so satisfactory 

 in its result and so unusual in being rendered to the state without 

 salary. 



It is hoped that Dr Beauchamp may from the results of his work 

 for the past 25 years give us a series of bulletins which will make 

 his stores of special knowledge available to every student of the 

 subject. 



Melvil Dewey 



Secretary of the University 



