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  Thirtieth 
  Report 
  ox 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Long 
  Island 
  Historical 
  Society, 
  Brooklyn, 
  L. 
  I. 
  

   American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  New 
  York. 
  

   State 
  Normal 
  and 
  Training 
  School, 
  Buffalo. 
  

   State 
  Normal 
  and 
  Training 
  School, 
  Gfeneseo. 
  

   State 
  Normal 
  and 
  Training 
  School, 
  Fredonia. 
  

   State 
  Normal 
  and 
  Training 
  School, 
  Oswego. 
  

   State 
  Normal 
  and 
  Training 
  School, 
  Albany. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  above 
  collections 
  there 
  are 
  contained, 
  in 
  the 
  aggregate, 
  

   2,242 
  specimens 
  of 
  fossils, 
  1,172 
  of 
  minerals, 
  and 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  

   3,414. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  labeled 
  with 
  systematic 
  name, 
  locality 
  when 
  

   known, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  rock 
  formation 
  of 
  the 
  fossils. 
  

  

  In 
  presenting 
  my 
  report 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  possible, 
  nor 
  do 
  I 
  regard 
  it 
  

   as 
  desirable, 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  Museum 
  work 
  shall 
  be 
  stated. 
  

   I 
  would 
  beg 
  leave 
  to 
  ask 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  

   to 
  the 
  evidences 
  of 
  progress 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  accession 
  and 
  

   improvement 
  in 
  the 
  condition 
  and 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  collections 
  of 
  fossils 
  

   in 
  process 
  of 
  preparation, 
  at 
  my 
  private 
  working 
  rooms, 
  for 
  

   arranging 
  in 
  the 
  Museum, 
  or 
  preparatory 
  to 
  distribution, 
  in 
  

   continuation 
  of 
  what 
  has 
  been 
  already 
  done. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  and 
  the 
  study 
  

   of 
  its 
  collections, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  maintain 
  and 
  advance 
  its 
  repu- 
  

   tation 
  as 
  a 
  scientific 
  and 
  educational 
  institution, 
  is 
  going 
  on 
  in 
  

   a 
  much 
  more 
  satisfactory 
  manner 
  than 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  past. 
  I 
  

   will 
  conclude 
  by 
  asking 
  your 
  committee, 
  charged 
  with 
  the 
  

   affairs 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  necessary 
  time 
  to 
  inform 
  

   themselves 
  fully 
  of 
  every 
  thing 
  connected 
  with 
  its 
  objects 
  and 
  

   workings, 
  that 
  they 
  may, 
  if 
  necessary 
  or 
  desirable, 
  give 
  such 
  

   directions 
  as 
  will 
  carry 
  out 
  their 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  proper 
  ordering 
  

   of 
  the 
  institution. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  very 
  respectfully, 
  

  

  Your 
  obedient 
  servant. 
  

  

  JAMES 
  HALL, 
  

  

  Director. 
  

  

  