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  Forty-seventh 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Director 
  desires 
  to 
  express 
  his 
  

   thanks 
  to 
  the 
  Regents 
  for 
  the 
  leave 
  of 
  absence 
  granted 
  by 
  them 
  ; 
  

   to 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  for 
  his 
  efforts 
  to 
  promote 
  the 
  work 
  

   of 
  the 
  Museum 
  during 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Director's 
  enforced 
  absence 
  ; 
  

   to 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Zoologist 
  for 
  his 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  cor- 
  

   respondence 
  and 
  other 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  routine 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  

   for 
  statistics 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  turnstile 
  and 
  the 
  school 
  collections, 
  

   and 
  for 
  his 
  uniform 
  willingness 
  and 
  cordial 
  co-operation. 
  The 
  

   wisdom 
  of 
  the 
  Eegents 
  in 
  placing 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  

   the 
  work 
  of 
  preparing 
  the 
  scientific 
  exhibit 
  at 
  the 
  World's 
  

   Columbian 
  Exposition 
  has 
  secured 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  interest, 
  

   advertisement, 
  specimens 
  and 
  much 
  valuable 
  information 
  with- 
  

   out 
  incurring 
  any 
  expense 
  whatever. 
  

  

  The 
  Assistant 
  Director 
  looks 
  forward 
  with 
  pleasure 
  to 
  the 
  

   work 
  of 
  the 
  ensuing 
  year, 
  which 
  he 
  hopes 
  to 
  begin 
  in 
  April. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  year 
  of 
  promise, 
  and 
  he 
  trusts 
  that 
  he 
  may 
  do 
  his 
  part 
  in 
  

   promoting 
  a 
  full 
  fruition. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted. 
  . 
  

  

  F. 
  J. 
  H. 
  MERRILL, 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Director. 
  

  

  Albany, 
  December 
  7, 
  1893. 
  

   Dr. 
  F. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Merrill, 
  Assistant 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  N. 
  Y. 
  State 
  

  

  Museum 
  : 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  I 
  submit 
  herewith 
  the 
  following 
  brief 
  summary 
  of 
  

   the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Zoologist 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  beginning 
  

   December 
  1, 
  1892, 
  and 
  ending 
  September 
  30, 
  1^93. 
  During 
  this 
  

   period 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  my 
  time 
  has 
  been 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  prepara- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  exhibits 
  for 
  the 
  World's 
  Columbian 
  Exposition. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  department 
  of 
  Anthropology 
  and 
  Ethnology 
  the 
  exhibit 
  

   consisted 
  of 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  stuffed 
  animals 
  illustrating 
  the 
  present 
  

   and 
  historic 
  mammalian 
  fauna 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  ; 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  

   land 
  and 
  fresh- 
  water 
  shells 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  mastodon 
  

   found 
  at 
  Cohoes 
  in 
  1866. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  my 
  time 
  from 
  the 
  

   1st 
  of 
  January 
  to 
  the 
  1st 
  of 
  June 
  was 
  spent 
  in 
  preparing 
  the 
  two 
  

   zoological 
  exhibits. 
  In 
  May 
  I 
  spent 
  twelve 
  days 
  in 
  Chicago 
  

   attending 
  to 
  their 
  installation. 
  

  

  Copies 
  of 
  my 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  zoological 
  exhibits 
  are 
  

   appended 
  to 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  