﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR. 
  

  

  Albany, 
  K 
  Y., 
  June 
  24-, 
  1893. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Honorable 
  the 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  : 
  

   Gentlemen.— 
  Under 
  date 
  of 
  May 
  10th, 
  I 
  received 
  a 
  communi- 
  

   cation 
  from 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Regents 
  ; 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   herewith 
  communicated. 
  

  

  Regents' 
  Office, 
  Albany, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  10 
  May, 
  '93. 
  

   To 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  staff 
  : 
  

  

  We 
  all 
  understand 
  that 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  reports 
  is 
  greatly 
  

   lessened 
  by 
  the 
  delays 
  in 
  printing 
  them. 
  Careful 
  investigation 
  shows 
  

   that 
  we 
  shall 
  not 
  escape 
  the 
  annual 
  difficulty 
  unless 
  our 
  reports 
  can 
  be 
  

   brought 
  in 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  summer, 
  examined 
  by 
  the 
  regents 
  and 
  actually 
  

   printed 
  in 
  the 
  fall. 
  After 
  considering 
  the 
  desirability 
  of 
  securing 
  

   prompt 
  printing 
  and 
  finding 
  this 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  only 
  way, 
  the 
  museum 
  

   committee 
  have 
  passed 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  "Resolved, 
  That 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  staff 
  be 
  requested 
  to 
  pre- 
  

   sent 
  their 
  annual 
  reports 
  of 
  their 
  scientific 
  work 
  to 
  the 
  regents 
  in 
  July 
  

   of 
  each 
  year, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  such 
  reports 
  may 
  be 
  submitted 
  to 
  the 
  

   regents 
  in 
  print 
  before 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  their 
  annual 
  report 
  to 
  

   the 
  legislature." 
  

  

  As 
  it 
  is 
  so 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  I 
  suggest 
  that 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  this 
  year 
  be 
  

   a 
  short 
  one, 
  getting 
  whatever 
  you 
  may 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  submit 
  by 
  August 
  1, 
  

   or 
  September 
  at 
  the 
  latest. 
  The 
  state 
  printer 
  agrees 
  to 
  print 
  in 
  

   October 
  and 
  we 
  can 
  thus 
  get 
  started 
  on 
  the 
  new 
  system. 
  

  

  MELVIL 
  DEWEY 
  

  

  Secretary 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  my 
  plans 
  for 
  work 
  upon 
  the 
  geologic 
  map, 
  I 
  can 
  

   only 
  bring 
  my 
  report 
  up 
  to 
  the*' 
  first 
  of 
  July, 
  since 
  I 
  have 
  arranged 
  

   to 
  take 
  the 
  field, 
  with 
  an 
  assistant, 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  

  

  