﻿D 
  TWENTY-FIRST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  a 
  considerable 
  extent, 
  completed 
  a 
  re-arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   Geological 
  Collection, 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  building, 
  bringing 
  

   into 
  the 
  series 
  the 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  Laurentian 
  formation 
  and 
  

   Quebec 
  group, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  previously 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  same 
  

   floor 
  with 
  the 
  Mineralogical 
  Collection. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  restored 
  the 
  

   original 
  arrangement 
  of 
  a 
  geological 
  series 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  in 
  the 
  new 
  table 
  cases 
  which 
  extend 
  around 
  the 
  room, 
  next 
  

   to 
  the 
  wall 
  cases. 
  In 
  this 
  series 
  I 
  have 
  replaced, 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent, 
  

   the 
  original 
  specimens 
  thus 
  arranged 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  Geologists, 
  as 
  

   typical 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  formations 
  described 
  by 
  them. 
  Farther 
  exam- 
  

   ination 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  the 
  wall 
  cases, 
  and 
  the 
  cases 
  of 
  drawers 
  

   in 
  the 
  curator's 
  room, 
  will 
  enable 
  me 
  to 
  complete 
  this 
  arrangement 
  

   the 
  present 
  year. 
  The 
  labeling 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  w 
  T 
  ill 
  

   soon 
  be 
  commenced. 
  

  

  The 
  labeling 
  of 
  the 
  Palfeontological 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  Rocks, 
  has 
  progressed 
  nearly 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  labels 
  printed 
  

   for 
  it. 
  Other 
  duties 
  have 
  prevented 
  me 
  from 
  attending 
  to 
  the 
  

   continuation 
  of 
  the 
  printing, 
  which 
  will 
  soon 
  be 
  resumed. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  summer, 
  I 
  was 
  directed 
  by 
  the 
  Capitol 
  

   Commissioners 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  all 
  quarries 
  from 
  which 
  

   specimens 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioners, 
  and 
  also 
  of 
  other 
  

   quarries 
  which 
  might 
  afford 
  material 
  for 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  

   Capitol. 
  Under 
  these 
  directions 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  extended 
  examina- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  stone 
  quarries, 
  both 
  within 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  the 
  

   State. 
  One 
  immediate 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  great 
  

   increase 
  of 
  the 
  Economic 
  Collections 
  of 
  the 
  museum, 
  and 
  you 
  now 
  

   have 
  at 
  the 
  Geological 
  Rooms, 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  blocks 
  of 
  

   building 
  stone, 
  and, 
  in 
  greater 
  variety, 
  than 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  

   any 
  museum 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  This 
  great 
  accession 
  to 
  the 
  

   Economic 
  Collection, 
  renders 
  this 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  no 
  

   longer 
  an 
  experiment, 
  and 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  stone 
  quarries 
  are 
  desir- 
  

   ous 
  of 
  having 
  their 
  material 
  displayed 
  in 
  the 
  collection. 
  The 
  

   recent 
  direction 
  to 
  occupy 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  entrance 
  hall 
  

   with 
  these 
  blocks, 
  will 
  afford 
  facilities 
  for 
  the 
  display 
  of 
  all 
  we 
  at 
  

   present 
  possess. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these 
  collections 
  of 
  large 
  blocks, 
  other 
  and 
  

   extensive 
  collections 
  of 
  smaller 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  and 
  other 
  

   rocks 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  Geological 
  Rooms, 
  

   but 
  for 
  want 
  of 
  space 
  cannot 
  be 
  arranged 
  in 
  cases. 
  The 
  iron 
  ores 
  

   have 
  likewise 
  received 
  some 
  attention, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   accession 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  reported 
  last 
  year. 
  

  

  