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LONGITUDE OF THE WESTERN BOUNDARY LINE OF THE 

 STATE OF NEW YORK. 



COMMUNICATION FROM THE REGENTS. 



UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: 



Office of the Regents, ) 



Albany, March 10, 1866. ) 

 To THE Hon. Ltman Tremain, 



Speaker of the Assembly; 



Sir — I have the honor to communicate, through you, to the Legis- 

 lature, the Report of Dr. Peters, director of the Hamilton College 

 Observatory, on the longitude of the western boundary of the State, 

 made under the directions of the Regents of the University, by authority 

 of chapter 784 of the Laws of 1857, and chapter 328 of the Laws of 

 1858. 



By the same authority, the longitude of the following places has here- 

 tofore been determined: 



Dudley Observatory, Hamilton College Observatory, Syracuse, Elmira, 

 Buffalo, Ogdensburgh. 



These determinations, made with the highest scientific accuracy, 

 correct serious errors in existing maps, and will render direct and essen- 

 tial aid in constructing an accurate topographical map of the State, the 

 importance of which has long been felt. The means placed at the dispo- 

 sal of the Regents for longitude purposes are now exhausted. There are 

 other points whose position it is important to determine, and it is respect- 

 fully submitted to the Legislature that a further appropriation for this 

 purpose should be made. 



Though the laws above referred to only directed that longitudes 

 should be determined, the Regents have also had the corresponding lati- 



