﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR. 
  17 
  

  

  labeling, 
  the 
  portion 
  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  will 
  be 
  arranged 
  upon 
  

   the 
  shelves 
  ; 
  the 
  portion 
  intended 
  for 
  exchanges 
  will 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  ' 
  

   drawers 
  or 
  in 
  labeled 
  boxes 
  ; 
  the 
  remainder 
  will 
  be 
  distributed 
  among 
  

   the 
  duplicate 
  collections 
  now 
  being 
  made 
  up, 
  or 
  set 
  aside 
  for 
  such 
  

   object 
  as 
  may 
  hereafter 
  be 
  directed 
  by 
  the 
  Regents. 
  

  

  Distribution 
  of 
  Duplicate 
  Fossils 
  and 
  Minerals. 
  

   The 
  distribution 
  of 
  duplicate 
  specimens 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   has 
  been 
  directed, 
  by 
  legislative 
  enactments, 
  to 
  five 
  Institutions 
  in 
  

   our 
  State, 
  viz. 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Rensselaer 
  Polytechnic 
  Institute, 
  Troy. 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1864, 
  chap- 
  

   ter 
  320.) 
  

  

  2. 
  Long 
  Island 
  Historical 
  Society, 
  Brooklyn. 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1865, 
  

   chapter 
  198.) 
  

  

  3. 
  Cornell 
  Library, 
  Ithaca. 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1865, 
  chapter 
  697.) 
  Trans- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  Cornell 
  University, 
  Ithaca. 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1868, 
  chapter 
  169.) 
  

  

  4. 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  New 
  York. 
  (Laws 
  of 
  

   1869, 
  chapter 
  774.) 
  

  

  5. 
  Syracuse 
  University. 
  (Laws 
  of 
  1872, 
  chapter 
  541.) 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  duplicate 
  fossils, 
  the 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   arranged 
  in 
  a 
  serial 
  order, 
  giving 
  to 
  each 
  collection, 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  char- 
  

   acteristic 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  being 
  

   much 
  more 
  numerous 
  than 
  others, 
  were 
  continued 
  in 
  distribution 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  collections 
  required 
  by 
  the 
  legislative 
  acts 
  

   cited 
  ; 
  and 
  twenty 
  collections 
  in 
  all 
  were 
  thus 
  made 
  up, 
  the 
  last 
  ones 
  

   containing, 
  of 
  course, 
  comparatively 
  few 
  species. 
  It 
  was, 
  and 
  still 
  is, 
  

   intended 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  distribution, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner, 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   duplicates 
  which 
  we 
  now 
  have, 
  or 
  which 
  may 
  come 
  into 
  our 
  posses- 
  

   sion 
  in 
  future, 
  unless 
  otherwise 
  directed. 
  The 
  collections 
  already 
  

   arranged, 
  are 
  packed 
  in 
  boxes 
  and 
  numbered 
  accordingly. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  for 
  the 
  Rensselaer 
  Polytechnic 
  Institute, 
  the 
  Long 
  

   Island 
  Historical 
  Society, 
  the 
  Cornell 
  University, 
  and 
  the 
  Syracuse 
  

   University 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  their 
  destination. 
  

  

  By 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents, 
  a 
  collection 
  

   has 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Normal 
  and 
  Training 
  School 
  at 
  Oswego 
  ; 
  and 
  

   also 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  Normal 
  School 
  in 
  Albany. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  twenty 
  collections 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  and 
  catalogued, 
  

   fourteen 
  remain 
  at 
  the 
  Museum 
  to 
  be 
  disposed 
  of 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  

   the 
  existing 
  legislative 
  enactments, 
  and 
  the 
  direction 
  hereafter 
  to 
  be 
  

   given 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents. 
  

  

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