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attaching the ribs. These, with the mandibles, lie upon the plat- 

 form, while the skull and upper jaw are stored in another part of 

 the building. 



I would earnestly recommend that some place be appropriated 

 for this fine specimen, which, if properly mounted, would be very 

 instructive to the student and interesting to the general public- 

 The ground in the rear of the State Hall would afford abundant 

 space for a pavilion devoted to this object. It would not occupy 

 sufficient space to interfere with the present purposes of the ground, 

 and such a feature would add to the public interest of the place. 



The exterior and interior of the Museum Building on State 

 street has been thoroughly renovated and repainted, the entire 

 economical collections of ores, blocks of marble, and other building 

 and ornamental stones, have been cleaned and rearranged, and the 

 name and locality painted upon each one, thus obviating the neces- 

 sity of replacing the written or printed paper labels, which, no 

 matter how carefully and apparently securely pasted upon the 

 blocks were sure to be picked off piece-meal by the too curious 

 visitor or undisciplined child. 



The collections of crystalline and metamorphic rocks have received 

 special attention in their arrangement, and an effort has been made 

 to restore in full, as had been partially done before, the typical 

 collections as arranged by the State Geologist in 1843, and more 

 especially in the specimens arranged by Dr. Emmons under the 

 Taconic system. The specimens which were thus originally cata- 

 logued in the report of the State cabinet had been relegated to the 

 basement by a former curator, and were only identified by their 

 labels and restored to their proper place in the serial arrangement 

 by the present director in 1866. This original catalogue, with the 

 labeled and numbered specimens, will be of use in studying the 

 character of the works which constituted the Taconic system of 

 Emmons as defined by him in 1843, 1845. This collection is worthy 

 of the study of those geologists who are interested in the discussion 

 of this question. The reports of the State Botanist and State 

 Entomologist will make known to you the work accomplished in 

 these departments. 



In the division of the museum work Prof. J. C. Smock has 

 superintended the renovation of the interior of the Museum Build- 

 ing, the rearrangement of some portions of the collections, and the 



