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contains chiefly local material. The rocks are arranged stratigraphically 

 and are accompanied by descriptions and maps. The economic series 

 includes ores, cement, clay, sand and gravel, marl, soil, and building 

 stones, and is accompanied by descriptions and maps showing localities 

 from which they are obtained. 



History. Maps, charts, photographs, and prints. 



Paleontology. Material on exhibition, 34oo±, types and 

 figured specimens, 9051b. The material is arranged stratigraphically 

 and is accompanied by descriptions and maps showing outcrops of the 

 formations in which the fossils occur. The most notable feature of 

 the exhibit is a plaster cast of skeleton of Hadrosaurus from the cre- 

 taceous near Haddonfield. 



Zoology. Shells, 284 (from the New Jersey coast) ; Insects, 550; 

 Fishes, 103; Reptiles, 50; Birds, 607; Mammals, 114; Bird eggs, 576; 

 Bird nests, 104. There are 25 large groups and 160 small groups of 

 animals exhibited in natural surroundings, including a large part of 

 the bird material. 



Historical Sketch. Established in 1895, the nucleus being the 

 exhibit of the state at the Columbian Exposition. A curator was 

 appointed and the exhibits housed in a corridor and two attic rooms 

 in the state house. In 1900, the legislature made an appropriation for 

 an addition to the state house, and the third floor was finished for the 

 museum in the winter of 1901. 



Financial Support. An optional appropriation of $3000 per 

 annum from the state legislature. 



Building. About 5100 square feet of floor space is available for 

 exhibition, and 380 for offices, workrooms, etc., in a portion of the 

 state house erected in 1900. 



Administration. By a curator, who is responsible to a museum 

 commission. 



Scope. The chief purpose of the museum is to assemble local 

 collections illustrating the scientific resources of the state for the instruc- 

 tion of the general public and the pupils of the public schools. The 

 work with the public schools is one of its most profitable departments. 



Publications. Reports of the New Jersey State Museum, of 

 which 7 have been issued. 



Attendance. Open free to the public on week-days, except 

 Saturday afternoons, from 9 to 5. 



ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



The city maintains a zoological park of 10 acres, established in 

 [888, containing S reptiles, 140 birds, and 71 mammals. 



