New York State Education Department 



xNew York State Museum 



John M. Clarke, Director 



THIRD REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE 

 SCIENCE DIVISION 



INCLUDING THE 



6oth REPORT OF THE STATE MUSEUM 



THE 



26th REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST 



AND THE 



REPORT OF THE STATE PALEONTOLOGIST FOR 1906 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 1906 



INTRODUCTION. 



This is a report on all the scientific activities under the. charge 

 of the Education Department and the Regents of the University, 

 as they have progressed during the fiscal year 1905-6. It con- 

 stitutes the 60th annual report on the State Museum and is intro- 

 ductory to all the scientific memoirs, bulletins and other publications 

 issued from this ofiice during the year mentioned. 



Under the action of the Regents of the University (April 26, 

 1904) the work of the Science Division is '' under the immediate 

 supervision of the Commissioner of Education," and the advisory 

 committee of the Board of Regents of the University having the 

 affairs of this division in charge are the Honorables: T. Guilford 

 Smith LL.D., Buffalo; Daniel Beach LL.D., Watkins ; Lucian L. 

 Shedden LL. B., Plattsburg. 



