﻿EEPOKT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  tT 
  

  

  Together 
  with 
  the 
  scientific 
  and 
  political 
  study 
  of 
  this 
  important 
  

   question, 
  the 
  director 
  has 
  communicated 
  with 
  every 
  proprietor 
  

   of 
  a 
  stone 
  quarry 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  state, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  secure 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  concerning 
  the 
  local 
  uses 
  of 
  stone 
  in 
  road 
  building. 
  The 
  in- 
  

   formation 
  thus 
  obtained 
  forms 
  a 
  directory 
  to 
  the 
  road-metal 
  quarries 
  

   of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  their 
  distribution 
  is 
  illustrated 
  by 
  a 
  map. 
  

  

  The 
  director 
  has 
  been 
  collecting 
  from 
  various 
  sources 
  photographs 
  

   of 
  important 
  geologic 
  formations 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  

   representative 
  series 
  for 
  the 
  miiseum. 
  These 
  views 
  will 
  be 
  further 
  

   utilized 
  in 
  illustrating 
  a 
  Guide 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  geologic 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  state 
  museum 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  director 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  engaged. 
  In 
  this 
  connection 
  a 
  

   geologist 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  making 
  photographs 
  of 
  localities 
  

   along 
  the 
  lower 
  Hudson 
  river. 
  

  

  To 
  further 
  illustrate 
  the 
  '^ 
  Guide" 
  above 
  mentioned 
  and 
  render 
  

   clearly 
  intelligible 
  the 
  physiography 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  a 
  relief 
  map 
  on 
  

   the 
  scale 
  of 
  twelve 
  miles 
  to 
  one 
  inch 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  and 
  was- 
  

   exhibited 
  at 
  the 
  University 
  Convocation. 
  

  

  No 
  accurate 
  relief 
  map 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  had 
  been 
  before 
  undertaken, 
  

   and 
  the 
  educational 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  now 
  completed 
  can 
  scarcely 
  be 
  

   over 
  estimated. 
  Copies 
  in 
  plaster 
  can 
  be 
  purchased 
  by 
  educational 
  

   institutions 
  for 
  $25, 
  and, 
  through 
  the 
  museum 
  publications, 
  photo- 
  

   graphic 
  reproductions 
  will 
  be 
  distributed 
  gratis. 
  

  

  Two 
  temporary 
  field 
  assistants 
  Messrs 
  T. 
  G. 
  White 
  and 
  D. 
  H. 
  

   Newland 
  have 
  made 
  collections 
  of 
  rocks 
  and 
  minerals, 
  respectively 
  

   in 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley 
  and 
  the 
  highlands 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  and 
  Prof. 
  

   C. 
  H. 
  Smyth 
  jr 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  college 
  and 
  Prof. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Tarr 
  of 
  Cornell 
  

   university 
  are 
  having 
  collections 
  made 
  for 
  our 
  museum 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  their 
  respective 
  institutions. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  administrative 
  duties, 
  apart 
  from 
  the 
  daily 
  routine 
  work, 
  

   the 
  director 
  has 
  been 
  occupied 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  legislative 
  

   seasons 
  in 
  the 
  endeavor 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  permanent 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  

   museum 
  appropriation. 
  While 
  the 
  first 
  season 
  was 
  full 
  of 
  promise 
  

   it 
  resulted 
  only 
  in 
  a 
  generous 
  allowance 
  in 
  the 
  supply 
  bill 
  which 
  

   made 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  present 
  salary 
  list 
  over 
  another 
  year. 
  

   During 
  the 
  season 
  just 
  past 
  renewed 
  effort 
  was 
  crowned 
  with 
  success 
  

   in 
  80 
  far 
  as 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  appropriation 
  from 
  $6720 
  to 
  $10,000 
  with 
  

   an 
  additional 
  allowance 
  of 
  $800 
  in 
  the 
  supply 
  bill. 
  This 
  has 
  been 
  

   sufficient 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  salaries. 
  

  

  