﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  rl3 
  

  

  The 
  attendance 
  of 
  visitors 
  at 
  the 
  museum 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  just 
  past 
  

   as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  record 
  was 
  somewhat 
  greater 
  than 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  Four 
  scientific 
  papers 
  are 
  published 
  as 
  appendices 
  to 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  A 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  relations 
  of 
  the 
  Ordovician 
  and 
  Eo-Silurian 
  

   rocks 
  in 
  portions 
  of 
  Herkimer, 
  Oneida 
  and 
  Lewis 
  counties, 
  by 
  

   Tiieodore 
  G, 
  White, 
  Columbia 
  university. 
  

  

  B 
  Some 
  higher 
  levels 
  in 
  the 
  postglacial 
  dovelopment 
  of 
  the 
  

   Finger 
  Lakes 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State. 
  

  

  A. 
  thesis 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  faculty 
  of 
  Cornell 
  university 
  for 
  

   the 
  degree 
  of 
  doctor 
  of 
  philosophy, 
  by 
  T. 
  L. 
  Watson. 
  

  

  C 
  The 
  talc 
  industry 
  of 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  county, 
  New 
  York, 
  by 
  

   J. 
  Kelson 
  Nevius. 
  

  

  D 
  The 
  history 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  lake 
  valley, 
  by 
  J. 
  Nelson 
  Nevius. 
  

  

  Appendix 
  B 
  is 
  published 
  by 
  request 
  of 
  Prof. 
  R. 
  S. 
  Tarr 
  of 
  Cor- 
  

   nell 
  University, 
  under 
  whose 
  supervision 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  done. 
  The 
  

   subject 
  is 
  of 
  such 
  general 
  interest 
  that 
  it 
  seemed 
  well 
  to 
  print 
  it 
  for 
  

   distribution 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  state. 
  

  

  RECORD 
  OF 
  ATTENDANCE 
  AT 
  THE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  From 
  Oct. 
  1, 
  1896 
  to 
  Sep. 
  30, 
  1897 
  

  

  Total 
  attendance 
  53 
  366 
  

  

  Greatest 
  monthly 
  maximum, 
  August 
  6 
  931 
  

  

  Greatest 
  daily 
  maximum, 
  January 
  6 
  569 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted 
  

  

  Fredekick 
  J. 
  H. 
  Merrill 
  

  

  Director 
  

   Additions 
  to 
  the 
  geological 
  collection 
  

  

  From 
  October 
  1, 
  1896 
  to 
  September 
  30, 
  1897 
  

  

  Donations 
  

   The 
  geological 
  department 
  of 
  Columbia 
  university 
  presented 
  to 
  

   the 
  museum, 
  through 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  F. 
  Kemp, 
  1 
  large 
  specimen 
  of 
  Lim- 
  

   burgite, 
  from 
  the 
  Thetford 
  boulders, 
  Thetford, 
  Yt. 
  

  

  A 
  coUectioD 
  of 
  82 
  small 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  from 
  the 
  mining 
  

   districts 
  of 
  Essex 
  county. 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  specimens 
  are 
  mostly 
  

   Fre-cambrian 
  crystalline 
  rocks. 
  

  

  