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co-operate with the State Geologist of New York in the prepara- 

 tion of a geological map of the State. In response to this proposi- 

 tion of Mayor Powell, the following resolution was passed on 

 January 7, 1885 : 



"'Resolved, That the Director of the Museum be authorized to arrange with 

 the Director of the United States Geological Survey to co-operate with him in 

 the work of perfecting a geological map of the State of New York, and that 

 in the meantime the director be authorized to transmit a copy of the map in 

 its present state to the Legislature for publication as a preliminary geological 

 map." 



A copy of this map was communicated to the Legislature in 

 February, 1885, with my annual report for 1884; and an appro- 

 priation was made for its publication, which shared the fate of 

 the preceding one. 



Encouraged by the action of the Regents of the University, 

 Mr. McGee, with the approval of Major Powell^ began the pre- 

 paration of a map more elaborate in character, and upon a larger 

 scale, than that already presented to the regents and to the Legis- 

 lature. It was distinctly understood that this resolution of 

 co-operation contemplated the appropriation of means for carry- 

 ing on field-work in portions of the State requiring special atten- 

 tion, before we could consistently make use of this map for laying 

 down the limits of the geological formations. But while money 

 was freely spent for almost everything else, none was ever 

 allowed lor the geological map to enable co-operation with the 

 Director of the United States Survey, and I was again thrown 

 upon my own resources. In the meantime, however, the work on 

 the base-map was progressing at Washington, though latterly 

 almost abandoned because of the apparent apathy on the part of 

 the State of x^ew York as to the result. 



In 1888 the large base map then in preparation under the 

 direction of the United States Geological Survey, was so far 

 advanced that a photographed sheet of the western half of the 

 map was colored and brought before the museum committee of 

 the Pegents of the University, and shown to some members of 

 the Legislature in the hope of securing some action towards the 

 publication • of the map, but nothing could be accomplished at 

 that time. 



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