﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR. 
  

  

  Albany, 
  January 
  9, 
  1875. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Honorable 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  

   the 
  Slate 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  : 
  

  

  Gentlemen 
  : 
  , 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  present 
  herewith 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  

   upon 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  ; 
  the 
  additions 
  thereto 
  by 
  collection 
  through 
  

   its 
  officers 
  ; 
  by 
  purchase 
  and 
  donation 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  

   the 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  departments 
  are 
  all 
  in 
  good 
  

   order, 
  and 
  the 
  re-arrangement 
  of 
  some 
  portions, 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  

   my 
  Report 
  of 
  last 
  year, 
  is 
  now 
  going 
  on, 
  and 
  we 
  hope 
  within 
  

   a 
  few 
  months 
  to 
  have 
  all 
  the 
  material 
  in 
  such 
  order 
  that 
  new 
  

   catalogues 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  Collections 
  may 
  be 
  commenced. 
  

  

  I 
  must 
  again 
  call 
  your 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  space 
  for 
  the 
  

   proper 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  JSTew 
  York 
  Palaeozoic 
  fossils 
  ; 
  and 
  

   likewise 
  to 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  immediate 
  provision 
  of 
  more 
  room 
  

   for 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  collections. 
  We 
  are 
  at 
  

   the 
  present 
  time 
  entirely 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  cases 
  for 
  

   the 
  recent 
  additions 
  ; 
  and 
  place 
  for 
  other 
  specimens 
  will 
  soon 
  

   be 
  required. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  need 
  of 
  more 
  accommodation 
  in 
  the 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  departments, 
  and 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  working 
  rooms, 
  I 
  might 
  

   repeat 
  essentially 
  what 
  I 
  stated 
  in 
  my 
  Report 
  of 
  last 
  year, 
  — 
  

   though 
  in 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  points 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  improvement, 
  as 
  will 
  

   appear 
  further 
  on. 
  

  

  