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  [Senate 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hurst 
  was 
  directed 
  to 
  repair 
  to 
  New- 
  York 
  and 
  take 
  charge 
  

   of 
  the 
  collection. 
  On 
  its 
  arrival 
  here 
  its 
  contents 
  were 
  examin- 
  

   ed 
  and 
  ascertained. 
  The 
  number 
  ot 
  animals 
  and 
  birds 
  that 
  will 
  

   be 
  preserved 
  amounts 
  to 
  upwards 
  of 
  three 
  hundred, 
  and 
  by 
  far 
  

   the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  native 
  to 
  our 
  State 
  and 
  country. 
  

   Of 
  these 
  last, 
  the 
  Eegents 
  will 
  only 
  specify 
  the 
  golden 
  eagle, 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  rarest 
  of 
  our 
  birds, 
  and 
  not 
  previously 
  in 
  the 
  Museum, 
  

   while 
  of 
  the 
  foreign 
  ones, 
  it 
  is 
  suflB.cient 
  to 
  name 
  the 
  condor 
  of 
  

   Mexico 
  and 
  the 
  silver 
  pheasant 
  of 
  China. 
  It 
  is 
  only, 
  however, 
  

   by 
  a 
  personal 
  examination 
  that 
  the 
  variety 
  and 
  importance 
  of 
  

   these 
  specimens 
  can 
  be 
  appreciated, 
  and 
  the 
  Eegents 
  have 
  great 
  

   reason 
  to 
  be 
  satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  industry 
  and 
  skill 
  displayed 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Hurst, 
  in 
  preserving 
  and 
  arranging 
  them. 
  

  

  Indeed 
  the 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  having 
  this 
  matter 
  special- 
  

   ly 
  in 
  charge, 
  have 
  found 
  it 
  imperatively 
  necessary 
  to 
  engage 
  his 
  

   permanent 
  services, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  maintain 
  the 
  Zoological 
  depart- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  its 
  present 
  high 
  state 
  of 
  preservation. 
  They 
  have 
  agreed 
  

   on 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  two 
  hundred 
  dollars 
  per 
  annum 
  for 
  this 
  purpose, 
  

   to 
  commence 
  with 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  September 
  last, 
  and 
  they 
  trust 
  that 
  

   this 
  measure 
  of 
  precaution 
  will 
  meet 
  with 
  the 
  sanction 
  of 
  the 
  

   Legislature. 
  

  

  In 
  compliance 
  with 
  an 
  arrangement, 
  of 
  some 
  years' 
  standing, 
  

   with 
  Dr. 
  Fitch 
  of 
  Washington 
  county, 
  that 
  gentleman 
  has 
  added 
  

   about 
  300 
  specimens, 
  belonging 
  to 
  a 
  particular 
  division 
  of 
  insects 
  

   and 
  native 
  to 
  our 
  State. 
  They 
  are 
  arranged 
  and 
  named, 
  and 
  a 
  

   catalogue, 
  prepared 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Fitch, 
  accompanies 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  The 
  Regents 
  may 
  here 
  observe 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  received 
  repeat- 
  

   ed 
  applications 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  year, 
  to 
  purchase 
  collections 
  in 
  

   zoology 
  and 
  mineralogy, 
  made 
  within 
  our 
  own 
  borders, 
  but 
  they 
  

   have 
  been 
  obliged 
  to 
  decline 
  them, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  means 
  

   placed 
  at 
  their 
  disposal. 
  

  

  Donations 
  of 
  value 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  received 
  for 
  the 
  Mineralo- 
  

   gical 
  and 
  Geological 
  departments, 
  and 
  of 
  these, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  

   that 
  the 
  specimens 
  presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Hough, 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  

   county, 
  are 
  interesting 
  from 
  the 
  illustrations 
  they 
  offer 
  of 
  the 
  

   mineral 
  wealth 
  of 
  the 
  nortliern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  