﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR. 
  

  

  Albany, 
  January, 
  1876. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Honorable 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  : 
  

  

  Gentlemen. 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  present 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  Annual 
  Report 
  

   upon 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  embracing 
  a 
  statement 
  

   of 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  Museum, 
  the 
  additions 
  made 
  

   thereto 
  by 
  donations 
  or 
  otherwise, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  institu- 
  

   tion 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  able 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  departments 
  of 
  

   the 
  Museum 
  are 
  in 
  good 
  order 
  and 
  condition, 
  and 
  nearly 
  all 
  are 
  

   satisfactorily 
  arranged, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  detailed 
  statement 
  

   regarding 
  each 
  department. 
  The 
  want 
  of 
  space 
  in 
  every 
  direction 
  

   s 
  becoming 
  more 
  apparent 
  year 
  by 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  accumulation 
  of 
  

   specimens 
  which 
  cannot 
  be 
  placed 
  on 
  exhibition 
  is 
  rapidly 
  increasing. 
  

   This 
  want 
  of 
  room 
  is 
  more 
  especially 
  felt 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  

   of 
  ISTew 
  York 
  Palaeozoic 
  Fossils 
  which 
  now 
  occupies 
  all 
  the 
  space 
  

   allotted 
  to 
  it 
  ; 
  while 
  we 
  have 
  besides 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  these 
  for 
  

   which 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  cases, 
  nor 
  any 
  room 
  to 
  place 
  cases 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  

   building. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Zoological 
  Department 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  room 
  to 
  add 
  another 
  

   large 
  specimen 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  additions 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years 
  

   have 
  been 
  disposed, 
  often 
  in 
  violation 
  of 
  a 
  strict 
  systematic 
  arrange- 
  

   ment. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  appended 
  a 
  special 
  communication 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  this 
  

   department, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  absolute 
  necessity 
  of 
  providing 
  additional 
  

   space, 
  if 
  we 
  are 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  skeleton 
  and 
  skin 
  of 
  a 
  rhinoceros 
  and 
  

   the 
  skin 
  of 
  a 
  giraffe, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  considered 
  it 
  my 
  duty 
  to 
  purchase 
  

   and 
  hold 
  subject 
  to 
  your 
  direction, 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  preparation 
  

   for 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  We 
  have, 
  as 
  heretofore, 
  been 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  

   L. 
  Harison, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Society, 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Hall, 
  for 
  the 
  arrangement, 
  labeling 
  and 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  our 
  duplicate 
  specimens 
  ; 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  detailed 
  account 
  will 
  be 
  

  

  