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It is proposed to keep them as a distinct collection, to be labeled 

 " From the Smithsonian Institution." 



The specimens representing the Palaeontology of the Geolo- 

 gical department have been labeled, as named and described in 

 the first and second volumes of Prof. Hall's work on that subject. 

 The completion of the third volume will furnish the means, of 

 extending the labeling through its descriptions. 



It is proposed to occupy the entire second floor of the G-eolo- 

 gical building with collections from this State ; admitting only 

 those from other States, which, by comparison, will illustrate our 

 own formations. 



It is the purpose of the Regents to renew their efforts for 

 forming a department of Economic Geology, and to gather repre- 

 sentatives of all the natural productions of the State which are 

 applied to the purposes of life. 



A popular view of the Geology of the State, with special 

 reference to its exhibition in the Cabinet, has been prepared by 

 Ledyard Lincklaen, Esq., and is herewith submitted as an appen- 

 dix to the report. It will be of great use to persons visiting the 

 Cabinet, and who are not fully instructed in the subject, and as 

 a guide to the arrangement and study of the collections. 



Prof. Hall's contributions are continued, and are regarded as 

 very valuable ; anticipating as they do the descriptions of the 

 fourth and fifth volumes of the Palgeontology, and thus present- 

 ing at an early day to the scientific world what would otherwise 

 be long delayed. 



By order of the Regents. 



G. Y. LANSING, Chancellor. 



S. B. WooLwoRTH, Secretary. 



