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utilizing our material for illustration of published works, thereby 

 erecting specimens of the museum into types. I am strongly 

 disposed to recommend that opportunity for study be given to a 

 few young men desirous of becoming familiar with the fossils of 

 the Xew York series or those of some particular member of that 

 series, and that the department hold itself ready to reimburse 

 such persons for their service for brief periods. In this way, 

 with the work done under careful oversight, we shall be enabled 

 to advance the selective study of our material more rapidly, and 

 at the same time be imparting useful knowledge and a desirable 

 experience to those seeking it. The admission of such persons 

 into the museum collections would need to be carefully safe- 

 guarded, and yet I believe that this can be done without risk, 

 provided the students come to us properly accredited. 



Respectfully submitted 



John M. Clarke 

 State paleontologist 

 1 Oct. 1900 



APPENDIX 1 



ACOESSIONS 



A statement is communicated herewith of the collections made 

 by the department during the past year. This list will be found 

 to contain some type specimens^ principally those of the species 

 from the waterlimes collected by Dr Grabau and fishes from 

 the Upper Devonic studied by Dr C. R. Eastman, together 

 with a large amount of important material from various form- 

 ations in this state. Perhaps among the most striking specimens 

 in the list are those from the waterlimes and the overlying 

 crinoid beds of central New York. Much of the material in- 

 cluded in this list is still in boxes. 



The additions have been by donation, purchase, exchange and 

 collection. 



Donations 



White, C. A., Syracuse N. Y. 



Orthoceras from Agoniatite lime- 

 stone, Manlius 1 



