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  2 
  Twenty-eighth 
  Keport 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  ordered, 
  by 
  the 
  several 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  for 
  

   distribution 
  to 
  Institutions 
  of 
  learning, 
  have 
  been, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   finished, 
  packed 
  in 
  boxes, 
  and 
  are 
  ready 
  to 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  their 
  

   destination. 
  Those 
  for 
  the 
  Syracuse 
  University 
  have 
  already 
  

   been 
  sent 
  forward, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  an 
  expressed 
  wish 
  of 
  

   the 
  Chancellor 
  of 
  that 
  Institution. 
  

  

  In 
  making 
  the 
  distribution 
  into 
  the 
  series 
  required, 
  there 
  were 
  

   certain 
  species 
  of 
  fossils 
  and 
  minerals 
  in 
  greater 
  number 
  than 
  

   needed 
  for 
  the 
  authorized 
  sets. 
  These 
  have 
  been 
  distributed 
  

   in 
  series 
  ; 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  running 
  to 
  twenty 
  sets 
  ; 
  so 
  that 
  we 
  

   have 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  smaller 
  sets 
  of 
  specimens, 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  

   of 
  great 
  use 
  for 
  instruction 
  in 
  the 
  Normal 
  Schools 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  collections 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   Oswego 
  Normal 
  and 
  Training 
  School, 
  and 
  has 
  proved 
  very 
  

   acceptable 
  to 
  the 
  Principal 
  and 
  the 
  Professor 
  of 
  Natural 
  Sci- 
  

   ences 
  of 
  that 
  Institution. 
  

  

  I 
  would 
  recommend 
  that 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  take 
  

   some 
  action 
  regarding 
  this 
  matter, 
  and 
  if 
  necessary 
  secure 
  

   authority 
  for 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  these 
  collections 
  to 
  proper 
  

   Institutions. 
  I 
  venture 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  suggestion 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  

   frequent 
  applications 
  from 
  persons 
  to 
  have 
  collections 
  of 
  fos- 
  

   sils 
  and 
  minerals 
  sent 
  by 
  the 
  Museum 
  to 
  schools 
  and 
  scientific 
  

   societies. 
  

  

  The 
  Economic 
  collection 
  of 
  Iron 
  ores 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  floor 
  has 
  

   been 
  re-arranged 
  and 
  relabeled. 
  

  

  Some 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lintner 
  to 
  the 
  

   Invertebrate 
  collection, 
  illustrating 
  the 
  different 
  stages 
  of 
  

   insect 
  life 
  and 
  architecture 
  ; 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   among 
  the 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections. 
  

  

  The 
  alcoholic 
  collection 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  improved 
  in 
  condition 
  

   and 
  appearance 
  by 
  the 
  substitution 
  of 
  new 
  glass 
  jars 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  specially 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  

   wants 
  of 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  of 
  fossils 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  Annual 
  Reports 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Museum, 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  twenty-sixth 
  report, 
  comprising 
  over 
  1,200 
  

   species, 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  for 
  publication, 
  and 
  will 
  appear 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  and 
  synonymic 
  revision 
  can 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  

   work. 
  

  

  