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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  The 
  institutions 
  supplied 
  are: 
  

  

  1 
  State 
  normal 
  college, 
  Albany 
  

  

  2 
  Albany 
  female 
  academy 
  

  

  3 
  White 
  Plains 
  union 
  school 
  

  

  4 
  Athens 
  union 
  school 
  

  

  5 
  Naples 
  tmion 
  school. 
  

  

  Four 
  new 
  collections 
  of 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  specimens 
  eacli 
  were 
  

   prepared, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  still 
  on 
  hand. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  winter 
  the 
  storeroom 
  in 
  the 
  basement 
  of 
  State 
  Hall 
  

   was 
  ceded 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Engineer 
  and 
  the 
  southeast 
  pavilion 
  on 
  the 
  

   fifth 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  Capitol 
  was 
  set 
  apart 
  as 
  a 
  storeroom 
  for 
  museum 
  

   property. 
  All 
  the 
  duplicate 
  minerals 
  and 
  other 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  

   museum 
  stored 
  in 
  the 
  basement 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Hall 
  were 
  removed 
  to 
  

   this 
  pavilion. 
  

  

  The 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  on 
  the 
  fifth 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  Capitol, 
  which 
  

   was 
  returned 
  from 
  the 
  World's 
  Columbian 
  Exposition, 
  has 
  suffered 
  

   much 
  from 
  exposure, 
  and 
  required 
  much 
  attention 
  at 
  different 
  times 
  

   when 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Capitol 
  necessitated 
  shifting 
  its 
  position. 
  To 
  pre- 
  

   serve 
  it 
  from 
  frequent 
  moving 
  and 
  from 
  molestation, 
  the 
  Director 
  

   applied 
  to 
  the 
  Capitol 
  Commissioners 
  for 
  an 
  assignment 
  of 
  space 
  for 
  

   its 
  preservation. 
  It 
  has, 
  accordingly, 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  cur- 
  

   tain 
  rooms 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  front 
  and 
  fenced 
  in, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  protected 
  from 
  

   violence. 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  of 
  quadrupeds 
  and 
  reptiles 
  have 
  been 
  provided 
  

   with 
  new 
  and 
  corrected 
  labels, 
  and 
  the 
  specimens 
  have 
  been 
  cleaned. 
  

  

  The 
  unattractive 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  quadrupeds 
  and 
  birds 
  is 
  

   necessitated 
  by 
  the 
  crowded 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  museum, 
  as 
  these 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  must 
  now 
  be 
  placed 
  where 
  they 
  will 
  fit, 
  instead 
  of 
  where 
  the 
  

   proper 
  classification 
  would 
  place 
  them. 
  This 
  gives 
  them 
  the 
  appear- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  being 
  in 
  storage, 
  rather 
  than 
  on 
  exhibition 
  to 
  instruct 
  the 
  

   public. 
  

  

  An 
  opportunity 
  being 
  offered 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Miller, 
  jr, 
  of 
  Grand 
  

   Rapids, 
  Mich., 
  to 
  exchange 
  New 
  York 
  Unionidae 
  for 
  those 
  of 
  Wis- 
  

   consin 
  and 
  Michigan, 
  a 
  list 
  was 
  prepared 
  of 
  the 
  duplicates 
  of 
  these 
  

   shells. 
  

  

  