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currency, postal currency, confederate currency, etc., received at the 

 Museum, was subsequently sent to the same office unopened. 



The contents of the boxes received at the Museum were, with the 

 aid of Mr. M, M. Jones, of the office of the Secretary of State, com- 

 pared with the catalogue, and having been found to correspond, a 

 certificate to that effect was drawn by the Director and submitted to 

 the Secretary of State. 



Tlie specimens have all been ticketed, indicating the " Simms col- 

 lection," but only a small portion of them have yet been arranged in 

 the cases, and of these a list has been made. The catalogue of tlie 

 collections remaining at the Museum, when it shall have been revised, 

 will be submitted with a future report. 



AcQuisrnoN of the Jewett and Emmons Collections. 



I have great pleasure in expressing our obligations to Hon. Erastus 

 Corning, whose unremitting interest in the progress of the Museum 

 has been again manifested by securing for the institution the large 

 collection of Fossils and Minerals of Col. E. Jewett of Utica. 



The fossils are of great value, being almost entirely from the State 

 of New York, and largely from the Niagara group. Having been 

 obtained at Lockport during the enlargement of the Erie canal, the 

 locality is now inaccessible, and no other field within oui- State has 

 ever afibrded collections of equal interest and importance. 



In view of the plan proposed at the University Convocation of last 

 year to distribute collections of fossils and minerals to the academies 

 of the State, I urged the purchase of this collection, as a means of 

 afi^ording a large number of duplicate specimens from localities not 

 easily accessible or yielding as freely as formerly. 



At a later period we were again indebted to the kindness of Mr. 

 Corning in securing for the Museum a beautiful collection of Crystals, 

 mainly of New York Minerals, belonging to the late Dr. E. Emmons, 

 and purchased of his family. This collection is partially arranged in 

 the Director's room at the Museum ; the one first named, still remain- 

 ing packed in boxes. 



Collections by the Director and Assistants. 

 The collections made by the Director and Assistants have been very 

 extensive and form a valuable acquisition to the departments of 

 Geology and Palaeontology. 



