Beport of the Director. 13 



The collections of the Fairfield Academy were received at the 

 Museum, to be labeled and returned. By the suggestion of the 

 principal, Prof. Brownell, the duplicates, some forty or fifty speci- 

 mens mostly of calciferous sandstone, were retained for distribution 

 to other academies. The collection was labeled and returned, 

 together with the addition of sixty species of fossils from the 

 duplicate collections of the Museum. 



A collection of seventy species of fossils was sent to the Lowville 

 Academy at the request of Dr. F. B. Hough, one of the trustees of 

 that institution. 



A collection almost entirely of minerals, consisting of more than 

 1,000 specimens, received from the Rome High School, has been 

 labeled, repacked, and is ready for returning. 



Numerous small collections have been labeled for individuals 

 seeking information of minerals and fossils. 



The measurement and drawing of plans and -preparation of specifi- 

 cations for new cases have consumed considerable time of Mr. Whit- 

 field and myself. 



During the year more than one hundred applications for informa- 

 tion regarding fossils and minerals have been made at the Museum. 

 Many of these are answered verbally, others by a simple letter, while 

 a few have required more time and more detailed explanation. I 

 am sorry to say that not a few of these supposed valuable minerals 

 have proved to be of yellow or brown mica and iron pyrites. 

 I am, very respectfully. 



Your obedient servant, 



JAMES HAEL. 



Albany, January 10, 1872. . 



