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of Ontario county; and it is m.j hope as soon as this county is 

 entirely covered to issue a special geologic guide to that area, 

 accompanied by a map on the topographic base. 



Buffalo society of natural sciences. The president and trustees 

 of this society have responded very cordially to a proposition now 

 under execution to cooperate in the preparation of a guide to the 

 paleontology and stratigraphy of Xiagara falls and the region in 

 the immediate vicinity of Buffalo. 



Geologic department of Cornell university. At the request of 

 Prof. G. D. Harris, of Cornell university, aid has been afforded 

 to his assistant in the study of the stratigraphy and paleontology 

 of Chautauqua county, to which reference has alread}' been made. 

 Return is made to this department of one half of all the speci- 

 mens collected and all specimens used for purposes of illustra- 

 tion. 



Miscellaneous 



Paris exposition. For exhibition at the world's fair at Paris a 

 series of the official reports and contributions published by this 

 department since 1835 on . the subject of paleontology was 

 specially bound in 2G volumes. I am pleased to report that thi*s 

 exhibit of the paleontology of New York was awarded the grand 

 prize of the exhibition. 



Opportunities for students among the museum collections. During 

 the past year several students, among others Dr R. B. Rowe, of 

 Johns Hopkins university, and Dr A. AY. Grabau, of Har- 

 vard universit}', have spent some time in the paleontologic 

 collections in special investigations. I feel that it would 

 be to the advantage of this department if facilities of 

 this kind could be more generally afforded; and, if it were 

 widely known that opportunity of this sort was to be had here, 

 I am confident that we should in that way make our department 

 of greater service to institutions throughout the country. Such 

 students frequently add value to our collections by a careful in- 

 vestigation of material which might otherwise remain unstudied 

 for a long time and also, as in the case of Dr Grabau's work, by 



