﻿Education 
  Department 
  Bulletin 
  

  

  Published 
  fortnightly 
  by 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

  

  Entered 
  as 
  second-class 
  matter 
  June 
  24, 
  1908, 
  at 
  the 
  Post 
  Office 
  at 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  under 
  

  

  the 
  act 
  of 
  July 
  16, 
  1894 
  

  

  No. 
  538 
  ALBANY, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  March 
  1, 
  191 
  3 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum 
  

  

  John 
  M. 
  Clarke, 
  Director 
  

   Museum 
  Bulletin 
  164 
  

  

  NINTH 
  REPORT' 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   SCIENCE 
  DIVISION 
  

  

  INCLUDING 
  THE 
  

  

  66th 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM, 
  THE 
  3 
  2d 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   STATE 
  GEOLOGIST, 
  AND 
  THE 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  

   PALEONTOLOGIST 
  FOR 
  1912 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  This 
  report 
  covers 
  all 
  divisions 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  work 
  under 
  the 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  Education 
  Department 
  and 
  concerns 
  the 
  progress 
  

   made 
  therein 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1911-12. 
  It 
  constitutes 
  the 
  

   66th 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  and 
  is 
  introductory 
  to 
  all 
  

   the 
  scientific 
  memoirs, 
  bulletins 
  and 
  other 
  publications 
  issued 
  from 
  

   this 
  office 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  (April 
  26, 
  

   1904) 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Science 
  Division 
  is 
  "under 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   supervision 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Education," 
  and 
  the 
  advisory 
  

   committee 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  having 
  the 
  

   affairs 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  in 
  charge 
  are 
  the 
  Honorables 
  : 
  Daniel 
  Beach 
  

   LL.D., 
  Watkins 
  ; 
  Lucius 
  N. 
  Littauer 
  B. 
  A., 
  Gloversville 
  ; 
  Adelbert 
  

   Moot, 
  Buffalo. 
  

  

  The 
  subjects 
  to 
  be 
  presented 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  are 
  considered 
  under 
  

   the 
  following 
  chapters 
  : 
  

  

  I 
  State 
  Museum 
  Law 
  

   II 
  The 
  Educational 
  Function 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  of 
  Science 
  

  

  III 
  Condition 
  of 
  the 
  Scientific 
  Collections 
  

  

  IV 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  

   V 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Botanist 
  

  

  