﻿New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum. 
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  Albany, 
  June 
  6, 
  1893. 
  

   James 
  Hall, 
  LL. 
  D., 
  Director 
  : 
  

  

  Sir. 
  — 
  The 
  last 
  annual 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  Palseonto- 
  

   logical 
  department 
  was 
  rendered 
  on 
  December 
  1, 
  1892. 
  During 
  

   the 
  six 
  months 
  which 
  have 
  since 
  intervened 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  

   Assistant 
  Palaeontologist 
  has 
  bee 
  a 
  exclusively 
  devoted 
  to 
  duties 
  

   connected 
  with 
  the 
  preparation 
  and 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  Palaeon- 
  

   tology 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  services 
  of 
  Mr. 
  G-. 
  B. 
  Simpson, 
  

   draughtsman, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Philip 
  Ast, 
  lithographer, 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  

   given 
  to 
  this 
  work. 
  Mr. 
  Ebenezer 
  Emmons 
  was 
  engaged 
  early 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  to 
  undertake 
  the 
  sorting 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  

   extensive 
  collection 
  of 
  palaeozoic 
  fossils 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  hall. 
  The 
  

   drawer 
  space 
  in 
  this 
  building 
  has 
  always 
  been 
  insufficient 
  to 
  

   accommodate 
  and 
  render 
  accessible 
  this 
  collection. 
  The 
  necessity 
  

   for 
  a 
  careful 
  selection 
  of 
  the 
  material, 
  the 
  reservation 
  of 
  the 
  

   better 
  grades, 
  and 
  the 
  incorporation 
  of 
  extensive 
  suites 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  lying 
  in 
  boxes 
  finally 
  became 
  urgent. 
  The 
  work 
  was 
  begun 
  

   with 
  the 
  Cambrian 
  formation 
  and 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  upon 
  the 
  fossils 
  

   of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Devonian. 
  Thus 
  far 
  816 
  drawers 
  of 
  specimens 
  

   have 
  been 
  selected, 
  classified 
  and 
  reserved 
  for 
  the 
  permanent 
  

   collection 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  containing 
  about 
  20,000 
  specimens 
  ; 
  

   102 
  boxes 
  of 
  inferior 
  grades 
  have 
  been 
  packed 
  and 
  stored, 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  twenty 
  school 
  collections 
  are 
  being 
  made 
  up, 
  

   each 
  of 
  which 
  now 
  contains 
  about 
  150 
  specimens, 
  or 
  all 
  together 
  

   about 
  3,000 
  specimens. 
  The 
  preparation 
  of 
  these 
  twenty 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  will 
  save 
  the 
  usual 
  labor 
  and 
  cost 
  of 
  time 
  entailed 
  when- 
  

   ever 
  suites 
  of 
  specimens 
  are 
  required 
  for 
  educational 
  institutions. 
  

  

  One 
  large 
  collection 
  of 
  fossils, 
  consisting 
  of 
  808 
  species 
  fully 
  

   identified 
  and 
  labeled, 
  was 
  sent 
  in 
  February 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Normal 
  

   School 
  at 
  Plattsburgh. 
  

  

  Martin 
  Sheehy 
  has 
  been 
  employed 
  as 
  general 
  assistant, 
  doing 
  

   lapidary 
  and 
  mechanical 
  work 
  as 
  required 
  and 
  aiding 
  with 
  the 
  

   packing 
  and 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  Accompanying 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  paheontological 
  

   collections 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months 
  covered 
  by 
  this 
  report. 
  

   I 
  am, 
  sir, 
  

  

  Yery 
  respectfully 
  yours, 
  

  

  J. 
  M. 
  CLAKKE, 
  

  

  Assistant 
  Palaeontologist. 
  

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