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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  number 
  recorded 
  on 
  the 
  labels 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  tablets. 
  

   In 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  collection, 
  1,508 
  labeled 
  tablets 
  have 
  been 
  

   arranged. 
  The 
  General 
  collection 
  occupies 
  cases 
  on 
  a 
  portion 
  

   of 
  the 
  south 
  wall, 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  west 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  floor 
  

   of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  and 
  will 
  number 
  about 
  2,000 
  tablets. 
  In 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  collection, 
  the 
  arrangement 
  adopted 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Beck, 
  

   in 
  his 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Mineralogy 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  has 
  been 
  retained, 
  

   that 
  it 
  might 
  not 
  conflict 
  seriously 
  with 
  the 
  catalogues 
  which 
  

   have 
  been 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  reports. 
  The 
  General 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  has 
  been 
  arranged 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  Dana's 
  System 
  of 
  

   Mineralogy. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  facilitate 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  collections, 
  conspicuous 
  

   cards, 
  upon 
  which 
  is 
  written 
  the 
  mineral 
  composition 
  of 
  each 
  

   species, 
  have 
  been 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  shelves 
  at 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  

   first 
  specimen 
  of 
  each, 
  thus 
  serving 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  commence- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  each 
  series 
  and 
  the 
  extenj: 
  of 
  its 
  representation. 
  

   Subsequent 
  to 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  collection, 
  the 
  

   surplus 
  material 
  has 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  thirty 
  drawers, 
  as 
  dupli- 
  

   cates 
  for 
  distribution 
  and 
  exchange. 
  There 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  

   selected 
  rock 
  specimens, 
  filling 
  twenty 
  drawers, 
  intended 
  for 
  

   incorporation 
  in 
  a 
  Lithological 
  series, 
  which 
  is 
  much 
  needed 
  in 
  

   the 
  Museum, 
  and 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  arrange. 
  

  

  It 
  may, 
  perhaps, 
  be 
  proper 
  to 
  state 
  in 
  this 
  place, 
  that 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  collection 
  of 
  minerals, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  existed 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   Museum 
  since 
  its 
  arrangement 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  building 
  in 
  1857, 
  was 
  

   made 
  up 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  collections 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Beck, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   minerals 
  from 
  northern 
  New 
  York 
  which 
  were 
  first 
  arranged 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Emmons 
  as 
  county 
  collections, 
  representing 
  the 
  ores 
  

   and 
  minerals 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  geological 
  district. 
  This 
  incorpora- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  collections 
  was 
  never 
  made 
  satisfactory 
  to 
  

   mineralogists 
  nor 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  having 
  a 
  general 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   the 
  subject. 
  Species 
  were 
  duplicated, 
  and 
  specimens 
  which 
  

   had 
  been 
  collected 
  for 
  their 
  geological 
  interest 
  were 
  incorpo- 
  

   rated 
  in 
  what 
  was 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  strictly 
  mineralogical 
  collec- 
  

   tion. 
  Donations 
  were 
  made 
  from 
  various 
  sources, 
  and 
  these 
  

   minerals, 
  though 
  extra-limital, 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   collection. 
  In 
  this 
  condition 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  

   director, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  in 
  contemplation 
  that 
  a 
  proper 
  

   and 
  scientific 
  disposition 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  whole. 
  

  

  Since 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  purchased 
  two 
  collections 
  con- 
  

  

  