O NEvV YORK STATE MUSEUM 



The subjects to be presented in this report are considered under 

 the following chapters : 



I Condition of the scientific collections 

 II Report on the Geological Survey, including the work of the 

 State Geologist and Paleontologist, of the Mineralogist and that in 

 Industrial Geology 



III Report of the State Botanist 



IV Report of the State Entomologist 

 V Report on the Zoology section 



VI Report on the Archeology section 

 VII Publications of the year 



VIII Staff of the Science Division and State Museum 

 IX Accessions to the collections 



X Appendixes : A New entries on the general locality record 

 of the paleontological collections ; B Additions to the catalogue of 

 types of paleozoic fossils 



XI Appendixes (to be included in subsequent volumes) ; all 

 the scientific publications of the year. 



I 



CONDITION OF THE SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS CON- 

 STITUTING THE STATE MUSEUM 



Each year brings new, problems and the efforts at their solution 

 important acquisitions to the collections. The past year, planned 

 for the continued prosecution of work already under way in many 

 lines, has brought to light some extraordinary developments leading 

 to unusual activity both in field and office. These are specially re- 

 ferred to in subsequent chapters. The disposition of the valuable 

 scientific materials accruing therefrom has become a serior.s problem. 

 In my report of last year reference was made to the incursion upon 

 our collection rooms in the Geological Hall by the Commissioner of 

 Agriculture and his large staff of assistants. The resulting situation, 

 not to be avoided on account of the demands of public business, in- 

 volved serious curtailment of space available for our use and neces- 

 sitated the packing away of the entire collection of State minerals 

 and closing to the public the exhibition in economic geology and some 

 part of the collections in ornithology. This cramped and constrained 

 condition applies to all our quarters in every department of our work 

 and only the contemplation of new and ample space, the growing 

 tangible hope of a building adapted to the importance and scope of 



