B2 Thibty-eighth Ahhttai Kepobt of the 



before the public some tangible proof of the statements therein and 

 previously made, I communicated a special paper on the relations of 

 certain genera of the Bryozoans, together with copies of the plates of 

 Corals and Bryozoans, as far as completed, which go to make up Vol. VI 

 of the Palaeontology; and also a set of twenty-seven plates of Brachio- 

 poda, which had been completed many years since, together with 

 explanations of the same. All the plates here mentioned have been 

 reproduced in Photo-Lithography, and serve to illustrate the character 

 and scope of two of the volumes of Palaeontology yet to be published. 



The report made to the Legislature in 1884 contains little beyond 

 the descriptions of species of Bryozoans which are to be included in 

 Vol. VI of the Palaeontology of New York. 



ith the report of 1883, I communicated an outline map as a basis 

 for a geological map of the State, together with colored maps, of some 

 portions of the country which had been more critically studied, for in- 

 corporation in the general map. A contract was made by the State 

 printer with Messrs. Julius Bien & Co., of New York to prepare a base 

 for this geological map. A proof sheet of the western half of the map 

 was finished, and this portion was returned with corrections. No com- 

 plete copy of this map was furnished till the spring of 1884. A critical 

 examination of the map showed such deficiencies in the representation 

 of the drainage and other important features, that it was impossible to 

 lay down accurately the limits of the geological formations. This de- 

 ficiency may be remedied when the engraver shall have transferred, 

 from a more correct topographical map, the water-courses which will 

 often mark the boundaries or the limits of succession in the geological 

 formations. 



Owing to the accumulation of work, both preparatory and for several 

 years in the hands of the printer, it was found impossible to give the 

 time necessary for the completion of a geological map which would 

 be worthy of publication by the State of New York. To issue a map 

 based upon the work done more than forty-five years ago would have 

 been inexcusable, and with no means for field-work at the disposal of 

 the S:i:e Geologist he has been able to do little more than to study and 

 determine some points or small areas of country, either by himself or 

 by the aid of assistants engaged in the collection of fossils. He has also, 

 in former years, and from time to time, employed special assistants at 

 his own personal expense and without any appropriation from the State. 



In 1 88 1 the Legislature appropriated the sum of $1,000 for the pur- 

 poses of work upon certain geological formations in the southern counties 

 of the State, preparatory for the completion of the Geological map. 

 This appropriation was vetoed by the Governor. The field-work, how- 

 e ver, had already been commenced, and it was continued for the season 

 at the personal expense of the State Geologist. 



During the past year some geological work was done in Otsego and 

 Chenango counties, with a view of comparison with the results of work 

 done in that region between 1868 and 1871. In the autumn of last year 

 (1884), I employed Mr. C. E. Hall to make some investigations for recti- 

 fying the limits of the geological formations in Saratoga, Warren and 

 shington counties, which we know to be incomplete and erroneous 

 in their representation on the map. The investigation, however, was 

 interrupted after a month of field-work, and the results, while contribut- 



