CURRENT WORK OF THE MUSEUM- 



APPENDIX B. 



[Appendix A of the Thirty-fourth Report, 1880.] 



DISTRIBUTION OF DUPLICATE FOSSILS AND MINERALS. 



Current Work of the Museum. 



APPENDIX A. 



Distribution of Duplicate Fossils and Minerals to colleges and some 

 other institutions by special acts of the Legislature ; and to the Nor- 

 mal schools by concurrent resolutions of the Ninety-eighth Session 

 (Laws of 1875, page 821); and to academies and schools by direction 

 of the Board of Regents of the University. 



The collections, numbered in consecutive order, were distributed as 

 follows : 

 1. To the International Geological Congress at Paris in 1878, au- 

 thorized by the Board of Regents. 



2. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy. Jan. 25, 1876. 



No. of 

 Specimens. 



Number of species of fossils, including repetitions, 196 584 



Number of sp'ecies of mineral, including varieties, 105 157 



Total number of specimens of fossils and minerals. ....... 741 



3. Cornell tlniversity, Ithaca. Nov. 3, 1879 ; Feb. 19, 1876. 



Number of species of fossils, including repetitions, 189 548 



Number of species of minerals, including varieties, 104 149 



Total number of specimens of fossils and minerals 697 



