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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  Legislature 
  for 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  cases 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   collections 
  on 
  specifications 
  which 
  will 
  make 
  them 
  of 
  most 
  modern 
  

   type. 
  This 
  fine 
  equipment 
  will 
  permit 
  the 
  Museum 
  to 
  leave 
  behind 
  

   it 
  the 
  antiquated 
  and 
  uninviting 
  cases 
  which 
  pertain 
  to 
  its 
  past 
  

   career. 
  The 
  planning 
  for 
  this 
  equipment 
  has 
  involved 
  close 
  and 
  

   arduous 
  study 
  and 
  has 
  called 
  for 
  the 
  continued 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  

   members 
  of 
  the 
  staff. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  these 
  immediate 
  internal 
  duties 
  of 
  the 
  divi- 
  

   sion 
  the 
  lines 
  of 
  scientific 
  research 
  which 
  properly 
  pertain 
  to 
  it 
  

   have 
  been 
  forwarded 
  along 
  their 
  usual 
  channels. 
  The 
  subjects 
  

   which 
  have 
  engrossed 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  

   have 
  been 
  somewhat 
  diverse 
  in 
  character. 
  The 
  mineral 
  springs 
  

   at 
  Saratoga 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  close 
  investigation 
  as 
  to 
  

   their 
  origin 
  and 
  an 
  elaborate 
  report 
  thereupon 
  has 
  been 
  issued. 
  The 
  

   study 
  of 
  the 
  geographical 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  reached 
  

   a 
  point 
  at 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  issue 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  a 
  

   series 
  of 
  maps 
  indicating 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  at 
  various 
  

   stages 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  retreat 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  ice 
  sheet. 
  The 
  

   mineral 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  received 
  special 
  attention 
  and 
  

   lines 
  of 
  possible 
  future 
  development 
  of 
  this 
  industry 
  have 
  been 
  

   indicated 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  mining 
  and 
  quarry 
  indus- 
  

   try. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  business 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist 
  to 
  execute 
  

   a 
  geological 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  this 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  progress 
  

   for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  map 
  being 
  on 
  a 
  scale 
  of 
  

   one 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  inch. 
  This 
  work 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  decided 
  advance 
  

   during 
  the 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  covered 
  in 
  this 
  

   very 
  great 
  detail 
  now 
  approaches 
  20,000 
  square 
  miles. 
  Probably 
  

   in 
  no 
  state 
  has 
  the 
  plotting 
  of 
  its 
  geology 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  so 
  

   minutely 
  over 
  so 
  large 
  an 
  area. 
  Of 
  special 
  interest 
  also 
  has 
  

   been 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  in 
  his 
  efforts 
  to 
  control 
  

   the 
  depredation 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  insect 
  pests 
  that 
  are 
  damaging 
  the 
  

   agricultural 
  and 
  native 
  forest 
  crops 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  In 
  this 
  line 
  

   this 
  official 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  diligently 
  occupied 
  and 
  with 
  advan- 
  

   tageous 
  results. 
  

  

  IV 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY 
  

   AREAL 
  GEOLOGY 
  

   In 
  recent 
  reports, 
  statements 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   progress 
  of 
  the 
  areal 
  mapping 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  on 
  the 
  topographic 
  

   base 
  map. 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  the 
  additional 
  quadrangles 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  Brockport, 
  Hamlin, 
  

  

  