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leaf makers. Each group will form a unit around which will 

 be clustered cases of implements, ornaments or utensils, the 

 use of which is shown in the group. 



The whole scheme when completed will furnish a comprehen- 

 sive picture of Iroquois life in the precolonial period so far as 

 that life can be interpreted through history, tradition and the 

 present day survivals of the Iroquois culture. 



For some years past the remains of the ancient Indian settle- 

 ments in the Naples valley near the south end of Canandaigua 

 lake, have been closely studied by Mr D. D. Luther, who has, 

 in spite of the fact that the fields where these settlements stood 

 have been ploughed over for more than a century, been able to 

 acquire very positive evidence of their extent and of their early 

 age. Mr Luther has given an account of this village on follow- 

 ing pages of this report. 



VII 



PUBLICATIONS 



A list of the scientific publications issued during the year 

 1908-9 with those now in press and treatises ready for printing 

 is attached hereto. The publications issued are 13 in number on 

 a variety of topics covering the whole range of our scientific 

 activities. They embrace 1780 pages of text, 171 plates and 22 

 maps. 



The labor of preparing this matter, verifying, editing and cor- 

 recting is onerous and exacting. Taken altogether it excellently 

 indicates the activity and diligence of the staff of this division. 



Annual report 



I Fifth Report of the Director, State Geologist and Paleontolo- 

 gist for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1908. 234P. 

 39pl. map. 



Contents: 



Introduction 

 I Condition of the scientific 



collections 

 II Report on the geological 

 survey 

 Geological survey 

 Seismological station 

 Mineralogy 

 Paleontology 



III Report of the State Botanist 



IV Report of the State Ento- 



mologist 

 V Report on the zoology sec- 

 tion 

 VI Historical Museum 

 VII Archeology 

 Ethnology 

 VIII The protection of natural 

 monuments 



