﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  Director. 
  7 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Geological 
  and 
  Palceontologieal 
  Departments 
  no 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  but 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   specimens 
  from 
  collections 
  previously 
  made 
  have 
  been 
  pre- 
  

   pared, 
  by 
  careful 
  cleansing, 
  cutting 
  and 
  polishing, 
  or 
  by 
  remov- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  matrix 
  with 
  acid. 
  These 
  have 
  been 
  prepared 
  for 
  study 
  

   and 
  illustration 
  in 
  the 
  Paleontology 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  will 
  form 
  

   a 
  large 
  and 
  valuable 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  arranged 
  collection. 
  

  

  The 
  enlarged 
  figures 
  of 
  characteristic 
  fossils 
  of 
  the 
  formations 
  

   have 
  been 
  completed 
  during 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  but 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  occupation 
  of 
  that 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  they 
  have 
  

   not 
  all 
  been 
  arranged 
  in 
  their 
  places 
  at 
  this 
  date. 
  

  

  An 
  appropriation 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Legislature 
  provided 
  means 
  

   for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  fossils 
  belonging 
  to 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  

   Callaway, 
  formerly 
  an 
  assistant 
  in 
  the 
  Museum. 
  The 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  consists 
  of 
  800 
  species 
  represented 
  by 
  1,100 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   British 
  (including 
  a 
  few 
  Italian) 
  fossils, 
  representing 
  the 
  several 
  

   formations 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  Palaeozoic 
  to 
  the 
  Tertiary 
  inclusive. 
  

   This 
  will 
  add 
  nearly 
  six 
  hundred 
  species 
  not 
  before 
  in 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  collections. 
  These 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  mounted 
  on 
  

   wooden 
  tablets 
  and 
  labeled, 
  preparatory 
  to 
  incorporation 
  in 
  

   the 
  series 
  of 
  British 
  and 
  European 
  fossils, 
  whenever 
  some 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  table-case 
  room 
  can 
  be 
  provided 
  for 
  their 
  arrangement. 
  

  

  Arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  Mineralogieal 
  Collections. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Mineralogieal 
  department, 
  I 
  have 
  hereto- 
  

   fore 
  communicated 
  to 
  you 
  the 
  progress 
  made 
  towards 
  a 
  final 
  

   and 
  satisfactory 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  in 
  our 
  possession, 
  

   and 
  I 
  now 
  have 
  the 
  satisfaction 
  to 
  report 
  that 
  the 
  long 
  needed 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  re-arrangement 
  of 
  this 
  collection 
  is 
  virtually 
  

   completed. 
  During 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  T. 
  

   Sheldon, 
  temporarily 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  Museum, 
  was 
  employed 
  

   in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  copying 
  the 
  labels 
  and 
  placing 
  on 
  the 
  shelves 
  

   that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  which 
  had 
  passed 
  under 
  the 
  

   examination 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Chester 
  and 
  Prof. 
  Root 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  Col- 
  

   lege. 
  In 
  September 
  last 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  Fritz-Gaertner 
  

   were 
  engaged, 
  and 
  since 
  that 
  time 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  mostly 
  occupied 
  

   in 
  work 
  upon 
  the 
  Mineralogieal 
  collections, 
  for 
  which 
  his 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  chemistry 
  and 
  mineralogy 
  has 
  especially 
  quali- 
  

   fied 
  him. 
  Both 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  General 
  collections 
  have 
  

   been 
  mounted 
  on 
  wooden 
  tablets 
  ; 
  the 
  specimens 
  numbered, 
  

  

  