﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  

  

  81 
  

  

  are 
  directed. 
  It 
  wishes 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  position 
  to 
  compile 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  

   natural 
  monuments 
  which 
  are 
  or 
  should 
  be 
  protected 
  and 
  to 
  issue 
  

   information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  efforts 
  made 
  toward 
  their 
  protection 
  for 
  

   the 
  information 
  and 
  encouragement 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  public. 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke 
  

   June 
  1908 
  Director 
  

  

  IX 
  

  

  PUBLICATIONS 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  publications 
  issued 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1907-8 
  

   with 
  those 
  now 
  in 
  press 
  and 
  treatises 
  ready 
  for 
  printing 
  is 
  attached 
  

   hereto. 
  The 
  publications 
  issued 
  are 
  21 
  in 
  number 
  on 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  

   topics 
  covering 
  the 
  whole 
  range 
  of 
  our 
  scientific 
  activities. 
  They 
  

   embrace 
  2378 
  pages 
  of 
  text, 
  288 
  plates 
  and 
  20 
  maps. 
  

  

  The 
  labor 
  of 
  preparing 
  this 
  matter, 
  verifying, 
  editing 
  and 
  cor- 
  

   recting 
  is 
  onerous 
  and 
  exacting. 
  Taken 
  altogether 
  it 
  excellently 
  

   mdicates 
  the 
  activity 
  and 
  diligence 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  this 
  division. 
  

  

  Annual 
  report 
  

  

  Fourth 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Director, 
  State 
  Geologist 
  and 
  Paleon- 
  

   tologist 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1907. 
  

   2I2p. 
  56pl. 
  

  

  Contents: 
  

  

  Introduction 
  

   I 
  Condition 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  

   II 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  geological 
  

   survey 
  

   Geological 
  survey 
  

   Seismological 
  station 
  

   Mineralogy 
  

   Paleontology 
  

  

  Field 
  meeting 
  of 
  American 
  

   geologists 
  

  

  III 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Botanist 
  

  

  IV 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Ento- 
  

  

  mologist 
  

  

  V 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  zoology 
  section 
  

   VI 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  archeology 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  

   The 
  wampums 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

  

  Confederacy 
  

   Field 
  work 
  in 
  archeology, 
  1907 
  

   VII 
  A 
  State 
  Historical 
  jMuseum 
  

   VIII 
  Publications 
  

   IX 
  Stafif 
  

   X 
  Accessions 
  

  

  XI 
  Appendix 
  : 
  Localities 
  of 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Paleozoic 
  fossils 
  

   The 
  Beginnings 
  of 
  Dependent 
  Life 
  

   Index 
  

  

  