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at the Oapitol in Albany, February 8, 1894, the following action was 

 taken : 



Voted, that the Regents accept the World's Pair exhibits tendered to the 

 State Museum, and request from the Legislature that the Commissioner of 

 the Capitol be directed to prepare the fifth floor for the safe-keeping and 

 proper display of these exhibits and of the scientific collections now in 

 danger of destruction in the State street building. 



Voted, that the secretary be instructed to convey to the Board of 

 General Managers of the Exhibit of the State of New York at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition the very sincere appreciation on the part of the 

 Regents of the confidence reposed in them in the transfer to their custody 

 of the State's exhibits at the World's fair. 



This communication was accompanied by a receipt in full for the 

 exhibits and the transfer legally accomplished. The estimated value 

 of these exhibits of the six departments is in round numbers $100,000, 

 and will add incalculably to the attractiveness of the museum. For 

 the exhibits of all departments, except liberal arts, kindred or allied 

 departments, already existed in the State Museum ; it was found neces- 

 sary, however, to create a new department for the educational exhibit 

 of the liberal arts department. 



The care and well-directed labor with which this exhibit was col- 

 lected, and its comprehensive extent, embracing as it does, every phase 

 of educational life within the State, renders it a magnificent founda- 

 tion for a pedagogic museum, second to none in the world. It is with 

 great regret that the Board of General Managers learn that the present 

 Legislature in their wisdom have deemed it best to postpone making 

 an appropriation for the establishment of the educational museum and 

 the installation of the exhibits in the other departments until the com- 

 ing year. In view of the intrinsic merit, educational value, and wide- 

 spread interest in the exhibits, it would seem a wise economy to 

 place them without further delay where they could be of value to our 

 citizens. The board respectfully recommends to the incoming Legisla- 

 ture the necessity and judicious policy of taking such action. 



Report to the Governor. 



As authorized in chapter 236 of the Laws of 1892, the preparation 

 of the final report was begun shortly after the close of the exposition. 

 On February 12, 1894, the secretary of the Board of General Managers, 

 Mr. John Foord, of New York city, resigned his position. Upon 



