﻿REPORT. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Honorable 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  Yor~k 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University, 
  as 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  respectfully 
  submit 
  this 
  their 
  

   Thirtieth 
  Annual 
  Report. 
  

  

  The 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  and 
  Botanist 
  hereto 
  appended 
  

   show 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  its 
  

   present 
  condition. 
  

  

  Some 
  valuable 
  additions, 
  especially 
  to 
  the 
  Zoological 
  collec- 
  

   tions, 
  have 
  been 
  made. 
  The 
  Mineralogical 
  Department 
  has 
  

   been 
  re-arranged, 
  the 
  specimens 
  labeled 
  and 
  the' 
  collections 
  are 
  

   well 
  exhibited 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  study. 
  

  

  The 
  minerals 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  are 
  not 
  fully 
  represented 
  and 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  are 
  not 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  kinds. 
  The 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  

   Director 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  this 
  subject, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  hoped 
  that 
  better 
  

   specimens, 
  of 
  every 
  mineral 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  will 
  be 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  

   shelves 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Every 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  is 
  greatly 
  crowded, 
  and 
  scientific 
  

   arrangement 
  is 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  necessarily 
  sacrificed 
  to 
  make 
  

   room 
  for 
  additions. 
  It 
  is 
  respectfully 
  submitted 
  to 
  the 
  Legisla- 
  

   ture 
  whether 
  some 
  means 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  devised 
  to 
  provide 
  

   proper 
  accommodations 
  for 
  the 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  which 
  

   is 
  consequent 
  on 
  its 
  prosperity. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  botanist 
  has 
  been 
  prosecuted 
  zealously 
  and 
  

   successfully. 
  A 
  small 
  appropriation 
  is 
  needed 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  

   expenses 
  of 
  the 
  botanist 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

   By 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  trustees. 
  

  

  JOHN 
  V. 
  L. 
  PRUYN, 
  

  

  Chancellor 
  of 
  the 
  University. 
  

  

  S. 
  B. 
  Woolworth, 
  

  

  Secretary. 
  

  

  Albany, 
  April 
  12, 
  1877. 
  

  

  