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  DIRECTOR 
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  cal 
  or 
  anthropological 
  collections 
  include 
  what. 
  Estimated 
  number 
  

   of 
  specimens. 
  Specimens 
  for 
  exchange. 
  8. 
  Mention 
  any 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  not 
  enumerated 
  above. 
  

  

  In 
  reply 
  to 
  about 
  227 
  blanks 
  sent 
  out, 
  about 
  140 
  were 
  returned 
  

   vfith 
  the 
  desired 
  information 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  completely 
  stated. 
  

  

  Information 
  concerning 
  the 
  institutions 
  that 
  have 
  not 
  replied 
  

   will 
  be 
  obtained 
  elsewhere, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible. 
  This 
  compilation 
  

   will 
  soon 
  be 
  completed. 
  

  

  The 
  introductory 
  geologic 
  collection 
  has 
  been 
  practically 
  com- 
  

   pleted, 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  prospective 
  addition 
  of 
  better 
  specimens 
  and 
  

   the 
  tilling 
  of 
  blank 
  spaces, 
  which 
  will 
  occur 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time. 
  

   This 
  series 
  of 
  illustrations 
  of 
  geologic 
  terms 
  and 
  definitions 
  is 
  

   limited 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  space 
  and 
  means 
  available, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  com* 
  

   pleted 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  sense 
  that 
  these 
  limits 
  have 
  been 
  reached. 
  The 
  

   cases 
  have 
  been 
  rendered 
  more 
  nearly 
  dust 
  proof 
  by 
  inserting 
  strips 
  

   of 
  plush 
  under 
  the 
  covers 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  exhibition 
  labels 
  have 
  been 
  

   added. 
  Much 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  synoptical 
  geological 
  

   collection 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  state. 
  Several 
  special 
  collections 
  from 
  

   various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  add 
  needed 
  material. 
  

   A 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  accessions 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  appendix 
  to 
  the 
  

   report. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  maps 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  showing 
  the 
  out- 
  

   crops 
  of 
  each 
  group, 
  and 
  the 
  tilling 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  spaces 
  here 
  and 
  there, 
  

   this 
  series 
  is 
  now 
  completed 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  carboniferous 
  system. 
  

  

  Taken 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  the 
  introductory 
  collection, 
  this 
  series 
  

   is 
  already 
  attracting 
  favorable 
  comment 
  from 
  visitors 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  

   local 
  press, 
  and 
  will 
  prove 
  of 
  still 
  greater 
  interest 
  when 
  an 
  explana- 
  

   tory 
  handbook 
  can 
  be 
  published 
  to 
  accompany 
  it. 
  

  

  Work 
  (m 
  the 
  economic 
  collection 
  has 
  been 
  confined 
  almost 
  

   entirely 
  to 
  the 
  collecting 
  of 
  material. 
  

  

  A 
  splendid 
  series 
  of 
  21 
  specimens 
  of 
  potassium 
  salts, 
  and 
  

   products 
  manufactured 
  from 
  them, 
  from 
  the 
  famous 
  Stassfurt 
  

   mines 
  in 
  Germany 
  was 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  museum 
  by 
  the 
  German 
  

   Kali 
  works, 
  proprietors 
  of 
  the 
  mines. 
  A 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  specimens 
  

   will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  Other 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  economic 
  collection 
  include 
  road-metal, 
  

   abrasive 
  material, 
  and 
  a 
  collection 
  illustrating 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  

   talc 
  veins 
  at 
  Talcville 
  and 
  Fowler, 
  in 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  county. 
  This 
  

  

  