﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Director. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  : 
  

  

  Gentlemex. 
  — 
  I 
  beg 
  to 
  submit 
  herewith 
  my 
  report 
  for 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  just 
  ended. 
  The 
  report 
  for 
  this 
  year 
  is 
  essentially 
  a 
  

   report 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  preparation 
  for 
  the 
  scientific 
  exhibit 
  

   of 
  the 
  State 
  at 
  the 
  World's 
  Columbian 
  Exposition. 
  While 
  it 
  

   may 
  appear 
  somewhat 
  paradoxical 
  at 
  first 
  sight, 
  it 
  is 
  nevertheless 
  

   true 
  that 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  one 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  

   Museum 
  ; 
  the 
  manufacturers 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  have 
  been 
  brought 
  into 
  

   intimate 
  relations 
  with 
  the 
  Museum, 
  the 
  collections 
  have 
  been 
  

   enlarged, 
  the 
  economic 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  have 
  been 
  grouped 
  

   and 
  widely 
  advertised, 
  the 
  Museum 
  staff 
  has 
  been 
  demonstrated 
  

   to 
  be 
  an 
  efficient 
  working 
  staff, 
  and, 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  all, 
  the 
  

   results 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  investigations 
  of 
  the 
  economic 
  resources 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  have 
  been 
  embodied 
  in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  a 
  greater 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  bulletins 
  than 
  any- 
  previous 
  year 
  has 
  compassed. 
  The 
  Salt 
  

   and 
  Gypsum 
  Bulletin, 
  by 
  the 
  Assistant 
  Director, 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  

   April, 
  1893, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  discussed 
  hereafter. 
  The 
  Bulletin 
  on 
  the 
  

   Clays, 
  the 
  brick 
  and 
  pottery 
  industries 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Heinrich 
  Ries, 
  is 
  ready 
  for 
  publication. 
  A 
  preliminary 
  report 
  on 
  

   the 
  bluestone 
  and 
  flagstone 
  industry 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  was 
  prepared 
  

   by 
  W. 
  E. 
  Eberhardt. 
  A 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  oil 
  and 
  gas 
  industry 
  of 
  

   "New 
  York 
  was 
  begun 
  by 
  Mr. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Van 
  Ingen. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  

   these 
  reports, 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  accurate 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  minor 
  indus- 
  

   tries 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  has 
  been 
  collected, 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  formulated 
  ready 
  

   for 
  publication 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  time. 
  It 
  is 
  useless 
  to 
  insist 
  to 
  

   your 
  honorable 
  body 
  upon 
  the 
  desirability 
  of 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  

   these 
  reports. 
  The 
  Assistant 
  Director 
  knows 
  only 
  too 
  well 
  the 
  

   lack 
  of 
  funds, 
  and 
  recognizes 
  that 
  this, 
  and 
  this 
  alone, 
  prevents 
  

   the 
  dissemination 
  of 
  the 
  information 
  already 
  in 
  hand, 
  and 
  which 
  

   would 
  be 
  of 
  so 
  much 
  practical 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  taxpayers 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

   By 
  a 
  vote 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Eegents, 
  September 
  29, 
  1 
  892, 
  the 
  

   Scientific 
  Exhibit 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  at 
  the 
  World's 
  Fair 
  was 
  

  

  