Nezv York State Education Department 



Science Division, May 26, 1906 

 Hon. Andrew S. Draper LL.D. 



Comniissioner of Ediication 

 My dear sir: I transmit herewith, with the recommendation for 

 pubHcation as a memoir of the State Museum, a monograph on the Devonic 

 fishes of New York which has been prepared at my urgent request by Dr 

 Charles R. Eastman. 



I take especial satisfaction in presenting this important document as it 

 is the result of the first attempt made to acquire a full knowledge of the 

 fishes buried in our geological formations. In the previous study of New 

 York paleontology this interesting field has been largely overlooked and 

 this work is the first of its kind prepared for publication in any of our states. 



Very respectfully 



John M. Clarke 

 Director and State Paleontologist 

 Approved for publication, June 6, 1 906 



Comniissioner of Education 



