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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  into 
  details 
  at 
  this 
  time. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  well, 
  however, 
  to 
  quote 
  the 
  

   following 
  from 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  for 
  1890 
  : 
  "I 
  

   would 
  most 
  earnestly 
  recommend 
  the 
  concentration 
  of 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  and 
  its 
  offices 
  in 
  a 
  well-lighted, 
  fire-proof 
  building, 
  where 
  

   we 
  may 
  have 
  at 
  least 
  thirty-two 
  thousand 
  square 
  feet 
  available 
  for 
  

   exhibition 
  purposes 
  alone, 
  with 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  additional 
  space 
  

   to 
  accommodate 
  the 
  growth 
  and 
  increase 
  in 
  each 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  depart- 
  

   ments. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  this, 
  there 
  should 
  be 
  ample 
  space 
  for 
  

   offices 
  and 
  laboratories 
  with 
  the 
  convenience 
  of 
  a 
  working 
  library 
  

   in 
  each 
  one. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  being 
  provided 
  with 
  facilities 
  commensurate 
  

   with 
  in 
  creasing 
  needs 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  has 
  not 
  received 
  the 
  

   consideration 
  which 
  it 
  merits, 
  and 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  bestowed 
  upon 
  

   other 
  institutions 
  in 
  Albany 
  and 
  elsewhere. 
  In 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   Albany 
  the 
  State 
  Normal 
  College, 
  the 
  Dudley 
  Observatory 
  and 
  

   the 
  State 
  Armory 
  may 
  be 
  cited 
  as 
  institutions 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  

   appreciated 
  at 
  their 
  full 
  value 
  and 
  which 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  with 
  buildings 
  and 
  other 
  equipments 
  suitable 
  to 
  their 
  

   purposes. 
  

  

  The 
  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  city 
  

   has 
  received 
  the 
  most 
  generous 
  private 
  and 
  municipal 
  support, 
  

   and 
  has 
  just 
  completed 
  a 
  large 
  addition 
  to 
  its 
  magnificent 
  

   building. 
  

  

  "Within 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   Sciences 
  in 
  Philadelphia 
  has 
  built 
  an 
  addition 
  several 
  times 
  

   larger 
  than 
  its 
  original 
  building. 
  The 
  necessary 
  means 
  were 
  

   provided 
  by 
  the 
  State, 
  the 
  city, 
  and 
  private 
  individuals. 
  

  

  Attention 
  is 
  invited 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  small 
  sum 
  allowed 
  for 
  the 
  sup- 
  

   port 
  of 
  the 
  departments 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  located 
  in 
  Geological 
  

   Hall. 
  At 
  present 
  only 
  $5,000 
  dollars 
  per 
  annum 
  are 
  available 
  

   for 
  salaries, 
  purchase 
  and 
  collection 
  of 
  specimens, 
  printing 
  and 
  

   all 
  other 
  expenses. 
  This 
  amount 
  would 
  be 
  hardly 
  more 
  than 
  

   sufficient 
  properly 
  to 
  provide 
  for 
  the 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  zoological 
  

   department 
  alone, 
  which 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  a 
  zoologist 
  

   should 
  have 
  also 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  a 
  taxidermist, 
  and 
  funds 
  to 
  pro- 
  

   vide 
  for 
  a 
  continual 
  increase 
  and 
  proper 
  display 
  of 
  the 
  collections. 
  

   Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  

  

  WILLIAM 
  B. 
  MARSHALL, 
  

  

  A 
  ssisian 
  t 
  Zoologist. 
  

  

  