﻿New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum. 
  29 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Isaac 
  G. 
  Perry, 
  State 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Capitol, 
  

   deserves 
  public 
  recognition 
  for 
  the 
  interest 
  and 
  abilit}^ 
  shown 
  

   in 
  his 
  design 
  for 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Mining 
  Pavilion. 
  

  

  The 
  Assistant 
  Director's 
  efforts 
  have 
  been 
  seconded 
  with 
  

   uniform 
  cordiality 
  and 
  willingness 
  by 
  all 
  his 
  assistants, 
  and 
  he 
  

   desires 
  here 
  to 
  express 
  to 
  them 
  his 
  thanks. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  difficulties, 
  the 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  from 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  great 
  interest 
  and 
  pleasure 
  to 
  the 
  

   Assistant 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum. 
  

  

  In 
  January, 
  a 
  self 
  -registering 
  turnstile 
  was 
  placed 
  at 
  the 
  

   entrance 
  door 
  of 
  Geological 
  Hall 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  obtaining 
  

   a 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  visitors. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  record 
  

   furnished 
  by 
  this 
  turnstile, 
  between 
  February 
  1 
  and 
  October 
  1, 
  

   1893, 
  54,660 
  persons 
  entered 
  the 
  building. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  an 
  

   average 
  of 
  6,832 
  per 
  month 
  for 
  eight 
  months, 
  and 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  

   264 
  per 
  day 
  for 
  the 
  207 
  days. 
  The 
  daily 
  attendance 
  varied 
  from 
  

   56, 
  the 
  lowest, 
  on 
  April 
  first, 
  to 
  855, 
  the 
  highest, 
  on 
  May 
  

   thirtieth. 
  The 
  average 
  daily 
  attendance 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  July, 
  

   August 
  and 
  September 
  was 
  343, 
  344 
  and 
  356 
  per 
  day 
  respectively, 
  

   greatly 
  exceeding 
  the 
  average 
  daily 
  attendance 
  in 
  other 
  months. 
  

   This 
  is 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  these 
  three 
  months 
  cover 
  

   the 
  period 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  unusual 
  number 
  of 
  people 
  pass- 
  

   ing 
  through 
  Albany 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  to 
  or 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  summer 
  

   resorts. 
  These 
  months 
  cover 
  also 
  the 
  season 
  in 
  which 
  many 
  day 
  

   excursions 
  visit 
  Albany. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  report, 
  collections 
  (of 
  minerals) 
  have 
  

   been 
  deposited 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  schools 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  : 
  East 
  

   Bloomiield 
  Union 
  School, 
  Lockport 
  Union 
  School, 
  Forestville 
  

   Free 
  Academy, 
  Sherman 
  Union 
  School. 
  

  

  Formerly, 
  collections 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  schools 
  ceased 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  Museum. 
  Under 
  present 
  regulations, 
  these 
  

   collections 
  are 
  now 
  simply 
  deposited 
  with 
  the 
  schools 
  to 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  sent. 
  Each 
  school 
  receiving 
  a 
  collection 
  agrees 
  " 
  that 
  

   such 
  collection 
  shall 
  have 
  provision 
  for 
  suitable 
  care 
  and 
  conven- 
  

   ient 
  use," 
  and 
  " 
  accepts 
  the 
  deposit 
  of 
  such 
  collection 
  with 
  the 
  

   distinct 
  understanding 
  that 
  it 
  remains 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   Tork 
  State 
  Museum, 
  and 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  recall 
  by 
  the 
  Kegents." 
  

  

  The 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Zoologist 
  is 
  appended. 
  

  

  