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On Ap. 10 Mr Hindshaw left Albany to instal the exhibit at 

 St Louis. The installation was particularly diJfficult as the space 

 allotted was too small to handle our material from the Museum 

 till the large slab of Potsdam sandstone from the Division of 

 Paleontology, the brick work from the Alfred School of Olay- 

 working and Ceramics and the larger pieces of masonry had been 

 put in place. The exhibit of brine products made by the Solvay 

 Process Co. also needed much room for handling, while the erec- 

 tion of the Wetherill magnetic separator necessitated the use of 

 extensive crib work and hoisting apparatus. The exhibit was for 

 these reasons still in an unfinished condition on May 1, but much 

 of it was accessible to visitors. Prepared thus under difficult 

 limitations of time and expense, the exhibit met with a very 

 favorable reception. 



In the section of mineralogy, in charge of Mr H. P. Whitlock, 

 assistant, work has progressed along the following lines: 



A type collection of the minerals of New York State was 

 installed in the north end of the mineral museum; the economic 

 collection, which formerly occupied this space, being transferred 

 to the entresol. This change, besides providing a much needed 

 local mineral collection, has placed the latter where a constant 

 comparison with the main systematic collection will prove most 

 valuable. The New York mineral collection at present consists 

 of over 600 specimens and contains much material which is of 

 paramount scientific interest. 



A representative collection of geodes from the Keokuk lime- 

 stone of Iowa and Illinois, consisting of 35 specimens which were 

 acquired by exchange, has been installed in an independent exhibit 

 on the second floor. Three table cases along the walls of the 

 entresol have been used for the temporary display of recent 

 accessions. 



The set of lantern slides available for lecture purposes has been 

 added to, and now numbers 150, mostly illustrating specimens 

 from the Museum collection. 



During the winter the time of the Assistant in Zoology, Dr 

 F. C. Paul mi er, was spent mainly in the preparation of a cata- 



