6 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



I Condition of the scientific collections 



II R'Cport on the Geological Survey, including the work of 

 the State Geologist and Paleontologist, of the Mineralogist, and that 

 in Industrial Geology 



III Report of the State Botanist 



IV Report of the State Entomologist 

 V Report on the Zoology section 



VI Report on the Archeology section 

 VII Publications of the year 



VIII Staff of the Science Division and State Museum 

 IX Accessions to the collections 



X Appendixes (to be continued in subsequent volumes). 

 All the scientific publications of the year 



CONDITION OF THE SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS CON- 

 STITUTING THE STATE MUSEUM 



Since my last report some changes have been necessitated in the 

 location of the collections of the museum, all of which present 

 locations are to be regarded as wholly temporary while awaiting 

 transference to the Education Building. Some displacement from 

 old locations has been necessary to accommodate the demands of 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture for increased room in the Geo- 

 logical Hall. Giving way to these requirements has resulted in 

 again dispersing parts of the collections of the Geological Hall 

 into other buildings in the city of Albany and has involved the De- 

 partment in serious expenditures for rental and maintenance of 

 new quarters. An inevitable disquietude has resulted from these 

 invasions which has been somewhat increased by the preparation 

 necessary for final removal and instalment of all the collections 

 and the progress of new undertakings requiring additional working 

 room. 



At the present time the collections of the State Museum are dis- 

 tributed as follows : 



I Geological Hall. In this building there still remain the offices of 

 the Assistant State Geologist and his staff; of the Mineralogist, and 

 some part of the collections in geology, paleontology and mineralogy ; 

 the seismograph is also installed here; also the offices of the State 

 Botanist, with the botanical collections constituting the State her- 



