r8 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Early in June in response to a request from Dr Macy, super- 

 intendent of the Willard state hospital, for information con- 

 cerning reliable sources of water supply for that institution, he 

 spent several days in Seneca county, investigating this question. 

 A second visit in regard to the same matter was made in August. 



The latter part of June and all of July were spent in recon- 

 naissance in Putnam county and detailed work in northern West- 

 chester. 



Mr Eckel worked from Aug. 27 to Sep. 15 in Dutchess county, 

 mapping, on the newly Issued Millbrook quadrangle, the pre- 

 Cambrian boundaries of Stissing and Dover mountains. A few 

 days late in September were spent in Orange county, mapping 

 the geologic boundaries which occur on the Schunemunk quad- 

 rangle. 



Mr H. O. Magnus commenced work in Westchester county June 

 16 and continued till September. During this period he mapped 

 very satisfactorily a large part of the area covered by the Tarry- 

 town quadrangle, also spending some time on the W^est Point 

 and Stamford quadrangles. 



The resurvey of Putnam county, begun last year by Dr D. H. 

 Newland, was continued by Mr Benjamin F. Hill, fellow in 

 Columbia, university. A large amount of territory was covered 

 in reconnaissance and an extensive suite of specimens collected. 



The survey of the crystalline area of the northeastern Adiron- 

 dacks, begun by Prof. H. P. Gushing in 1893, has been continued 

 by him during the past season. 



The first two weeks of his field work were spent in Ontario, 

 where, through the kindness of Dr Dawson, the director of the 

 Canadian survey, and of Dr Barlow, he had the privilege of 

 accompanying the latter through a most interesting region. The 

 purpose of the trip was to make a comparison between the rocks 

 of eastern Canada and those of the Adirondack region. While 

 the region visited was somewhat too far to the west to afford 

 the best possible basis for conrparison, yet this drawback was 

 more than compensated for in the very great interest of its rocks. 



