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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  necticut, 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  and 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  high 
  educational 
  

   value. 
  The 
  small 
  map 
  of 
  J^ew 
  York 
  state 
  was 
  modeled 
  for 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  state 
  museum 
  by 
  Mr 
  Howell, 
  from 
  a 
  topographic 
  map 
  

   compiled 
  for 
  the 
  museum, 
  by 
  Mr 
  C. 
  C. 
  Yermeule 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   city. 
  This 
  small 
  map 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  to 
  teachers 
  of 
  geog- 
  

   graphy 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  It 
  is 
  sold 
  by 
  Mr 
  Howell 
  at 
  $25 
  and 
  a 
  copy 
  

   of 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  in 
  every 
  school 
  in 
  the 
  state. 
  

  

  As 
  before 
  stated 
  a 
  systematic 
  effort 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  to 
  obtain 
  photographs 
  of 
  geologic 
  subjects. 
  This 
  collection 
  is 
  

   designed 
  to 
  illustrate 
  outcrops 
  and 
  exposures 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  geologic 
  

   formations, 
  geologic 
  processes 
  and 
  phenomena, 
  methods 
  and 
  appli- 
  

   ances 
  used 
  in 
  quarrying 
  and 
  mining, 
  etc. 
  Although 
  considerable 
  

   material 
  has 
  been 
  collected, 
  no 
  exhibit 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  prepared. 
  This 
  

   collection 
  contains 
  324 
  views. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  views 
  represented 
  will 
  

   be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  An 
  attempt 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  compile 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  geologic 
  

   museums 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Canada, 
  with 
  a 
  brief 
  note 
  of 
  

   what 
  their 
  respective 
  collections 
  contained 
  and 
  a 
  circular 
  letter 
  wa& 
  

   addressed 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  museums, 
  universities, 
  colleges 
  and 
  

   scientific 
  societies. 
  This 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  50th 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  

   museum. 
  After 
  going 
  thus 
  far 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  advisable 
  to 
  compile 
  

   a 
  more 
  complete 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  collections 
  in 
  all 
  branches 
  of 
  

   natural 
  history. 
  Accordingly 
  a 
  circular 
  letter 
  stating 
  the 
  use 
  

   to 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  information, 
  was 
  again 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  

   museums, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  blank 
  form 
  for 
  information 
  under 
  the 
  

   following 
  heads 
  : 
  1. 
  Name 
  and 
  address 
  of 
  museum, 
  name 
  and 
  

   title 
  of 
  the 
  officer 
  in 
  charge 
  and 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  staff. 
  

   2. 
  Paleontological 
  collections 
  include 
  : 
  (names 
  and 
  size 
  of 
  various 
  

   collections, 
  type 
  specimens, 
  formations 
  best 
  represented, 
  etc.) 
  Esti- 
  

   mated 
  number 
  of 
  specimens. 
  Specimens 
  for 
  exchange. 
  3. 
  Min- 
  

   eralogical 
  collection 
  contains 
  : 
  (collections, 
  localities 
  and 
  groups 
  

   best 
  represented, 
  etc.) 
  Estimated 
  number 
  of 
  specimens. 
  Speci- 
  

   mens 
  for 
  exchange. 
  4. 
  Collections 
  in 
  historic 
  and 
  economic 
  

   geology 
  and 
  in 
  lithology, 
  illustrate 
  what 
  ? 
  Estimated 
  number 
  of 
  

   specimens. 
  Specimens 
  for 
  exchange. 
  5. 
  Zoological 
  collections 
  

   include 
  what? 
  Estimated 
  number 
  of 
  specimens. 
  Specimens 
  for 
  

   exchange. 
  6. 
  Botanical 
  collections 
  include 
  what. 
  Estimated 
  

   number 
  of 
  specimens. 
  Specimens 
  for 
  exchange. 
  7. 
  Ethnologi- 
  

  

  