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  TWEKTY-EIGHTH 
  REPORT 
  OK 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  with 
  its 
  constantly 
  

   accumulating 
  collections, 
  and 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  space 
  in 
  nearly 
  

   every 
  direction, 
  demands 
  from 
  the 
  Trustees 
  their 
  especial 
  

   attention. 
  While 
  we 
  desire 
  to 
  perform 
  our 
  duty 
  both 
  to 
  the 
  

   scientific 
  world 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  public, 
  we 
  cannot 
  satisfy 
  

   the 
  demands 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  without 
  provision 
  for 
  the 
  exhibition 
  

   of 
  material 
  which 
  is 
  constantly 
  increasing 
  on 
  our 
  hands, 
  and 
  

   which 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  placed 
  on 
  exhibition 
  in 
  proper 
  cases. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  authorization 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  the 
  Land 
  

   Office 
  — 
  the 
  custodians 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  — 
  some 
  changes 
  have 
  

   been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  Director' 
  s 
  Room, 
  

   which 
  were 
  really 
  indispensable 
  for 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  

   valuable 
  Botanical 
  collection. 
  The 
  new 
  cases 
  for 
  this 
  collec- 
  

   tion, 
  constructed 
  two 
  years 
  ago, 
  were 
  then 
  located 
  in 
  what 
  

   appeared 
  as 
  the 
  only 
  available 
  space 
  : 
  but 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   too 
  near 
  the 
  heated 
  wall 
  and 
  the 
  register 
  of 
  the 
  furnace 
  ; 
  and 
  

   these, 
  with 
  two 
  other 
  cases 
  formerly 
  containing 
  the 
  entire 
  

   Herbarium, 
  have 
  been 
  removed 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  room, 
  

   and 
  a 
  small 
  addition 
  made 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  space. 
  The 
  cases 
  

   of 
  the 
  Herbarium 
  now 
  occupy 
  the 
  entire 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   room 
  ; 
  and 
  besides 
  presenting 
  a 
  far 
  better 
  appearance, 
  afford 
  

   greater 
  facilities 
  for 
  the 
  arrangement 
  and 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  

   collections. 
  

  

  The 
  Library 
  cases 
  now 
  occupy 
  the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  room 
  ; 
  

   and 
  a 
  case 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  reception 
  of 
  miscellaneous 
  objects 
  of 
  

   natural 
  history 
  has 
  replaced 
  the 
  botanical 
  cases 
  in 
  the 
  north- 
  

   east 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  apartment. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  present 
  

   arrangement 
  will 
  commend 
  itself 
  to 
  the 
  Trustees 
  as 
  in 
  every 
  

   way 
  the 
  most 
  appropriate 
  which, 
  under 
  the 
  circumstances, 
  can 
  

   be 
  devised. 
  

  

  The 
  Economic 
  Collection 
  — 
  building-stones 
  and 
  marbles 
  — 
  

   remains 
  essentially 
  as 
  previously 
  reported, 
  with 
  few 
  addi- 
  

   tions 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  and 
  scarcely 
  any 
  room 
  for 
  the 
  

   display 
  of 
  further 
  contributions. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  First 
  Foot, 
  additional 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  fauna 
  

   of 
  the 
  Potsdam 
  Sandstone 
  period 
  has 
  been 
  made, 
  in 
  some 
  

   large 
  slabs 
  containing 
  Lingulepis 
  pinnaformis 
  (Owen), 
  etc., 
  

   from 
  collections 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  at 
  the 
  Falls 
  of 
  St. 
  Croix, 
  

   Minn., 
  in 
  1850 
  and 
  in 
  1865. 
  

  

  