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complete control of the various rooms, it would have been unwise to use 

 them for the storage of valuable specimens. The specimens to which I 

 refer as prepared for removal, consist principally of large corals from 

 the Upper Helderberg group, together with smaller specimens occupying 

 several hundred drawers. It is hoped that during the present year the 

 entire collection of fossil corals may be removed to the new quarters 

 provided for them in the State Hall, and be properly arranged in 

 drawers. 



During the months of October, November and December, much time 

 was spent by the Museum staff in preparing material for the State exhibit 

 at the New Orleans Exposition. Owing to the limited time for prepara- 

 tion, and the small fund available, the exhibit is not as full nor as im- 

 portant as we could wish, still a fair display of the natural resources of 

 New York is presented. Some of the leading features of the exhibit are 

 as follows: 



A geological column composed of large blocks of stone, representing 

 the character and succession of the several rock formations of the State. 



A collection of fossils containing the representive faunas of the New 

 York palaeozoic formations, comprising 323 entries, accompanied by a 

 duplicate collection of 168 entries. 



The principal building and ornamental stones of the State, the iron 

 ores, and economic minerals were largely represented. 



Copies of the lithographed plates of the Palaeontology of New York, 

 illustrating several classes of fossils, together with microscopic sections 

 of the shells of Brachiopoda, and photo-micrographs of the same. 



Collections in the Field. 



Considerable field-work became necessary for procuring the material 

 destined for the New Orleans Exposition, and the Museum will profit 

 by the accession of specimens collected, and by donations from parties 

 who also contributed liberally to the Exposition material. These will 

 be enumerated and due credit given to the contributors. 



Five boxes of fossils were collected from the Chemung and Waverly 

 groups of Warren county, Pennsylvania. These rocks are adjoining and 

 a continuation of the New York formations, also a series of rock speci- 

 mens to represent a section at that locality, from data furnished by Mr. F. 

 A. Randall, and supplemented by the observations of Mr. C E. Beech er. 

 A geological section has been drawn to the scale of one inch to 100 feet, 

 representing 1,900 feet of strata. The lower 1,100 feet show the rocks 

 passed through in drilling for petroleum. This work is valuable in 

 determining the probable horizon of the Panama conglomerate and its 

 relations to the oil-bearing sands. 



A collection of geological specimens was made from the Oneida con- 



