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law. of 1883; on each occasion asking for the consideration of 

 the subject, and the suggestion of some plan for their publication. 

 The bulletins which have been published under the provisions 

 of the law of 1883, are the following : 



' ' Volume 1 . 6 nos. Price, $1 in cloth. 

 " 1 Marshall, W: B. Preliminary list of New York unionidae. 



19 p. Mar. 1892. -Price, 5 cents. 

 " 2 Peck, C: H. Contributions to the botany of the state of New 



York. 66 p. 2 pi. May 1887. Price, 15 cents. 

 " 3 Smock, J: C. Building stone in the state of New York. 



152 p. Mar. 1888. Price, 30 cents. 

 " 4 Nasoh, F. L. Some New York minerals and their localities. 



19 p. 1 pi. Aug. 1888. Price, 5 cents. 

 " 5 Lintner, J. A. White grub of the May beetle. 31 p. il. 



Nov. 1888. Price, 10 cents. 

 " 6 Lintner, J. A. Cut-worms. 36 p. il. Nov. 1888. Price, 10 



cents. 



" Price to advance subscribers, 50 cents a volume. 



" Volume 2. 4 nos. Price, $1 in cloth. 



" The first six bulletins are paged independently; the numbers of v. 2 are 

 paged continuously as a single volume. 



" 7 Smock, J: C. First report on the iron mines and iron ore 



districts in the state of New York. 5+70 p. map 58+60 



cm. June 1 889. Price, 20 cents. 

 "8Peck,C:H. Boleti of the United States. 96 p. Sept. 1889. 



Price, 20 cents. 

 u 9 Marshall, ~W: B. Beaks of .unionidaB inhabiting the vicinity 



of Albany, N. Y. 23 p. 1 pi. Aug. 1890. Price, 10 cents. 

 " 10 Smock, J: C. Building stone in New York. 210 p. map 



58+60 cm. tab. Sept. 1S90. Price, 40 cents. 

 " 11 Merrill, F. J. H. Salt and Gypsum Industries of New York. 



89 p. maps. April, 1893. Price, 10 cents." 



Finding it impossible to obtain publication as I had expected 

 and which had been promised to me before the passage of the 

 law of L883, I have asked of the Legislature the means of 

 illustrating my annual reports as State Geologist, and the follow- 

 ing paper is the first to appear under this authorization. Oer- 



