GEBHARD COLLECTION 



SCHEDULE OF CONTENTS, ETC. 



[State of New York. Extract from the Supply Bill, chap. 715 of the Laws of 1871.] 



" For John Gebhard, for tlie purchase, by the State, of his collec- 

 tion of minerals and fossils, the sura of three thousand five hundred 

 dollars, to be paid on the certificate of James Hall, John Y. L. Pruyn 

 and Isaac W. Jackson that the collection is worth that sum, and 

 should be purchased by the State." 



We, James Hall, John Y. L. Pruyn and Isaac W. Jackson, above 

 named, do hereby certify that we have this day met together and 

 conferred in reference to the matters above mentioned ; and we, the 

 said James Hall and Isaac "W". Jackson, do further certify that we 

 have together personally inspected the collection of minerals and 

 fossils of John Gebhard, referred to in the above act of the Legisla- 

 ture, now at his residence in the town and county of Schoharie ; that 

 the said collection comprises specimens in Mineralogy, Geology, 

 Palaeontology, Conchology, General Zoology, Ethnology, etc. 



For a better appreciation of the nature and value of the collection, 

 the following general memoranda have been prepared : 



1. A general collection in mineralogy (American and European), 

 comprising more than 1,000 specimens. 



2. An extensive collection of minerals, comprising the varieties of 

 Spar from the Schoharie caves, Sulphate of Baryta, Strontian (of 

 which there are many polished specimens), amounting in all to more 

 than 2,500 specimens. 



3. Stalactites and Stalagmites, to the number of more than 100 

 specimens. Several of these weigh from 200 to 300 pounds each, and 

 one mass of Sulphate of Strontian weighs over 300 pounds; also 

 other specimens not especially enumerated. 



4. Collections in Palseontolog}^, enumerated under the head of the 

 rock formations as follows : 



Trenton Limestone. 



Trilobites, Orthoceratites, and other fossils, approximately, fifty 

 specimens. 



