8 NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REGENTS, 



SPECIAL REPORT 



OF T^E KEGe'nTS of the university, in . RELATION TO 

 THE STATE CABINET OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



University of the State of New York, ) 



<, Office of the Regents, > 



Albany, February 8, 1866. ) 



To the Bonorable the Legislature : 



^he Regents cf the' University, in response to a resolution of the Senate 



and Assembly, passed April 24, 1865, in regard to the State Cabinet of 



Natural History (a c6py of which is hereto annexed), have the honor to 



REPORT: 



i^.Th^t On the receipt of a certified copy thereof, the resolution was refer- 

 red to the standing committee on the State Cabinet, and that the accompa- 

 nying report of that committee was adopted by the Regents on the 12th 

 day of January, 1866, and ordered to be transmitted to the Legislature as 

 the answer of the Board on the subject referred to them. 

 I have the the honor to be. 



Very respectfully. 



Your obedient servant, 



JOHN V. L. PRUYN, 



Chancellor of the University. 



To THE Regents op the University : 



The undersigned, to whom was committed the duty of preparing your 

 answer to the resolution passed by the Senate and Assembly on the 24th 

 day of April, 1865, respectfully Report : 



That they thought it fit to obtain the views of gentlemen actively en- 

 gaged in the prosecution of scientific researches, by way of aid in the dis- 

 charge of the duty imposed upon them, and that they therefore addressed 

 to a lar§e number of gentlemen distinguished in the cultivation of natural 

 sciences, the following circular letter : 



Office of the Regents of the University of the ) 

 State of New York, Albany, June 1, 1865. ) 



Sir — The Senate and Assembly of the State of New Yprk, on the 24th 



of April last, each adopted the following resolution : 



Whereas, The collections in geology, mineralogy and other depart- 

 ments of natural history, made by the geological survey of the State, were 

 committed to the charge of the Regents of the University by the act of the 

 Legislature in 1845, and the reports published before and since that period 



