No. 16.] 13 



Tlie preceding specimens are packed m forty-one boxes propei-ly 

 labelled, and are now in the fireproof basement of the State 

 Geological Eooms. 



In addition to the above, there are, in drawers in the geological 

 rooms, the following number of unique specimens, viz : 



Chazy limestone, 2 ; Trenton, 10 ; Hudson-river, 9 ] Niagara, 4 ; Penta* 



merus galeatus, 5 ; Delthyris shale, 41 ; Oriskany sandstone, 6 ; 



Scholiarie grit, 10 j Marcellus shale, 2 ; Hamilton g'roup, 9. Total, 98 

 Fish remains : Schoharie grit, 9 ; Onondaga, 2 ; Marcellus shale, 



11 ; Hamilton, 5 27 



Number of specimens returned by Mr. Hall, which are figured 



in the first and second volumes of the Palaeontology » 72 



To which add the number of the preceding list 13064 



Total, 13261 



(Signed) JOHN GEBHART) junior, Curator 



of the State Cabinet of Natural History i 



There are also a number of specimens in Prof, Hall's posses- 

 sion, and retained by him for drawing and describing ( See his 

 certificate herewith presented)* J. G* 



I hereby certify that I have delivered to Mr. Gebhard, all the specimens 

 borrowed of him for the first volume of the Palseontology of New- Yorii ; 

 and, except one specimen mislaid, but which will doubtless be found (as far 

 as at present l^nown), all those described in the second volume. 



There still remain in my possession specimens of Mr. Gebhard, from 

 several of the higher formations, which were intended to illustrate the suc- 

 ceeding parts of the work in their proper place. If, agreeable to the in- 

 tentions of the Regents, these remain in my possession for this purpose, I 

 will deliver them to the Curator, or deposit them in tlie State Cabinet, as 

 may be directed, whenever the necessary examinations and descriptions with 

 illustrations have been made. (Signed) JAMES HALL. 



Albany, October 15, 1852. 



