﻿REPORT. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Honorable 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University, 
  as 
  trustees 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  respectfully 
  submit 
  this 
  their 
  

   Twenty- 
  eighth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  herewith 
  com- 
  

   municated, 
  shows 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  the 
  present 
  

   condition 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  From 
  this 
  it 
  will 
  appear 
  that 
  valu- 
  

   able 
  additions 
  have 
  been 
  made, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  arrange- 
  

   ment 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  decidedly 
  advanced. 
  

  

  The 
  Museum 
  has 
  increased 
  beyond 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  

   building. 
  Many 
  parts 
  are 
  greatly 
  crowded 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  

   properly 
  to 
  exhibit 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  collections. 
  

   This 
  embarrassment 
  will 
  continue 
  and 
  increase 
  until 
  more 
  

   ample 
  room 
  is 
  provided, 
  for 
  a 
  museum 
  of 
  natural 
  history, 
  in 
  

   the 
  nature 
  of 
  things, 
  can 
  never 
  be 
  stationary. 
  New 
  objects 
  of 
  

   interest 
  will 
  be 
  discovered, 
  and 
  these 
  must 
  be 
  preserved 
  and 
  

   exhibited. 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Botanist 
  shows 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  prosecuted 
  his 
  

   work 
  with 
  the 
  zeal 
  of 
  a 
  true 
  naturalist, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  

   rewarded 
  by 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  many 
  species 
  hitherto 
  unde- 
  

   scribed. 
  He 
  has 
  literally 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  stores 
  of 
  botanical 
  

   knowledge. 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  is 
  to 
  gather 
  and 
  exhibit 
  objects 
  

   which 
  illustrate 
  the 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  and 
  to 
  pub- 
  

   lish 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  investigations 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  different 
  depart- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  science 
  indicated 
  by 
  its 
  designation, 
  and 
  is 
  worthy 
  of 
  

   liberal 
  provision 
  by 
  a 
  great 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  commended 
  to 
  the 
  

   continued 
  confidence 
  of 
  the 
  legislature. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted 
  in 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  Regents. 
  

  

  JOHN 
  V. 
  L. 
  PRUYN, 
  

  

  Chancellor. 
  

   S. 
  B. 
  Woolworth, 
  

  

  Secretary. 
  

  

  