﻿New 
  York 
  State 
  Museum. 
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  better 
  specimens 
  selected 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  and 
  the 
  school 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  ; 
  the 
  remainder 
  having 
  been 
  repacked 
  in 
  boxes, 
  as 
  above 
  

   stated. 
  Of 
  the 
  duplicate 
  material, 
  of 
  which 
  a 
  general 
  inventory 
  

   was 
  presented 
  in 
  my 
  last 
  report, 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  geo- 
  

   logical 
  formations 
  below 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  group 
  have 
  been 
  examined 
  

   and 
  specimens 
  selected 
  as 
  just 
  mentioned. 
  The 
  work 
  is 
  now 
  

   going 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  Hamilton 
  group 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  carried 
  through 
  the 
  

   Chemung 
  collections, 
  probably 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Palaeontology 
  has 
  been 
  progressing 
  as 
  rapidly 
  

   as 
  could 
  be 
  done, 
  since 
  the 
  order 
  for 
  printing 
  this 
  volume 
  was 
  

   given 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  23d 
  of 
  January, 
  1893. 
  There 
  are 
  now 
  176 
  

   pages 
  in 
  type. 
  The 
  printing 
  has 
  been 
  suspended 
  since 
  May 
  

   fifteenth, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  other 
  engagements 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  Yan 
  

   Benthuysen. 
  The 
  manuscript 
  of 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  

   hand, 
  is 
  so 
  far 
  advanced 
  that 
  the 
  volume 
  can 
  be 
  completed 
  before 
  

   the 
  first 
  of 
  January, 
  unless 
  some 
  unforeseen 
  delay 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  printer 
  shall 
  intervene. 
  The 
  lithographic 
  printing 
  was 
  ordered 
  

   to 
  proceed 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  day 
  of 
  March 
  last, 
  and 
  since 
  that 
  time 
  

   3,000 
  copies 
  of 
  plates 
  XXXVII 
  and 
  XXXVIII 
  and 
  1,000 
  copies 
  

   each 
  of 
  plates 
  XL, 
  XLI, 
  XLII, 
  XLIV, 
  XLVIII, 
  LI, 
  LII, 
  LIY, 
  

   LY 
  and 
  LXIY 
  have 
  been 
  printed. 
  The 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  plates 
  

   printed 
  for 
  the 
  volume 
  is 
  twenty 
  -eight 
  ; 
  of 
  this 
  number 
  twelve 
  

   were 
  printed 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  four 
  were 
  printed 
  in 
  

   1890; 
  the 
  remaining 
  twelve 
  were 
  printed 
  during 
  1892 
  and 
  1893. 
  

   There 
  are 
  ten 
  plates 
  in 
  the 
  printer's 
  hands 
  or 
  in 
  progress 
  of 
  

   printing, 
  and 
  twelve 
  others 
  drawn 
  on 
  stone 
  ready 
  for 
  the 
  printer 
  

  

  Geologic 
  MiP. 
  

  

  Since 
  my 
  last 
  report 
  the 
  geographic 
  base 
  for 
  the 
  geologic 
  map 
  

   has 
  been 
  completed 
  and 
  delivered 
  at 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  The 
  color 
  plales 
  are 
  in 
  

   preparation, 
  and 
  we 
  hope 
  to 
  have 
  completed 
  copies 
  of 
  the 
  map 
  

   before 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1893. 
  

  

  Field 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  geologic 
  map 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  season 
  has 
  

   been 
  commenced, 
  acd 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  Major 
  Powell, 
  

   Director 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  an 
  assistant, 
  

   Mr. 
  ET. 
  H. 
  Darton, 
  has 
  been 
  assigned 
  to 
  work 
  under 
  my 
  direction 
  

   in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  he 
  will 
  take 
  the 
  field 
  with 
  me 
  the 
  

  

  