﻿12 
  TWENTY-FIEST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  In 
  closing 
  this 
  report, 
  I 
  must 
  most 
  earnestly 
  call 
  the 
  attention 
  

   of 
  the 
  Regents 
  to 
  the 
  absolute 
  and 
  immediate 
  need 
  of 
  cases 
  for 
  

   the 
  collections. 
  The 
  authority 
  given 
  to 
  occupy 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  entrance 
  hall 
  and 
  to 
  raise 
  the 
  Wadsworth 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Casts 
  to 
  

   the 
  floor 
  above 
  will 
  relieve 
  the 
  want 
  partially 
  y 
  but 
  this 
  will 
  

   scarcely 
  afford 
  any 
  room 
  to 
  display 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  

   year, 
  except 
  those 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  Economic 
  Department. 
  The 
  

   whole 
  of 
  the 
  space 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  floor 
  thus 
  vacated 
  is 
  no 
  more 
  

   than 
  is 
  required 
  for 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  fossils 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   rocks. 
  Every 
  available 
  space 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  made 
  use 
  of. 
  The 
  two 
  

   gallery 
  openings 
  will 
  be 
  closed 
  up 
  and 
  still 
  we 
  shall 
  not 
  have 
  

   room 
  for 
  our 
  increasing 
  collections. 
  In 
  this 
  respect, 
  we 
  are 
  doing 
  

   that 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  legitimate 
  object 
  of 
  a 
  museum 
  of 
  natural 
  his- 
  

   tory, 
  for 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  institutions 
  in 
  the 
  civilized 
  world 
  

   which 
  is 
  not 
  extending 
  its 
  accommodations 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  rapidly 
  

   accumulating 
  results 
  of 
  scientific 
  research, 
  and 
  at 
  this 
  moment 
  the 
  

   trustees 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  Comparative 
  Zoology 
  at 
  Cambridge 
  

   have 
  under 
  consideration 
  the 
  plans 
  and 
  estimates 
  for 
  extending 
  

   their 
  building 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  equal 
  four 
  times 
  its 
  present 
  capacity. 
  It 
  

   should 
  be 
  just 
  cause 
  for 
  congratulation 
  that 
  more 
  room 
  is 
  demanded 
  

   for 
  our 
  rapidly 
  increasing 
  collections. 
  

  

  In 
  our 
  own 
  case, 
  the 
  rooms 
  at 
  present 
  occupied, 
  have 
  become 
  

   entirely 
  inadequate 
  for 
  the 
  pressing 
  wants 
  of 
  the 
  museum, 
  and 
  

   making 
  allowance 
  for 
  a 
  moderate 
  increase 
  annually, 
  we 
  shall 
  need 
  

   twice 
  as 
  much 
  space 
  as 
  we 
  now 
  have 
  by 
  the 
  time 
  a 
  new 
  building 
  

   can 
  be 
  provided. 
  I 
  am, 
  very 
  respectfully, 
  

  

  Your 
  obedient 
  servant, 
  

  

  JAMES 
  HALL. 
  

  

  Albany. 
  January 
  9, 
  1868. 
  

  

  