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Forty-second Annual Report on the 



rence of the newly discovered brown tourmalines in Newcomb, Essex 

 County ; the pyroxenes and associated minerals of Chilson Hill, 

 Ticonderoga ; and the calcites of the Emmons collection. This 

 Bulletin is an 8vo. of nineteen pages, and one plate. Collections 

 of fossils have been sent to the following schools : 



Waverly Union School, Waverly, N. Y. ; P. M. Hull, Principal. 



Academic High School, Auburn, N. Y. ; E. L. Elliott, Principal. 



Stillwater Academy, Stillwater, N. Y. ; Alex Falconer, Principal. 



Greene Union School, Green, N. Y. ; Welland Hendrick, Principal. 



Elmira Free Academy, Elmira, N. Y. ; H. M. Lovell, Principal. 



De Euyter ^Union School, De Euyter, N. Y. ; Irving P. Bishop, 

 Principal. 



St. J ohn's Catholic Academy, Syracuse, N. Y. 

 Phoenix Academy, Phoenix, N. Y. 



Salamanca Union School, Salamanca, N. Y. ; A. B. Davis, 

 Principal. 



Glens Falls Academy, Glens Falls, N. Y. ; D. C. Farr, Principal. 

 A collection of minerals has been sent to the Jordan Free 

 Academy, Jordan, N. Y. ; John W. Chandler, Principal. 



State Hall. 



The surrender of room No. 30 of State Hall to the Grand 

 Army of the Republic leaves the Museum without an office room 

 in that building. The books, not taken to the Geological Hall, 

 were removed into the northeast corner room, which is occupied 

 by Mr. J. M. Clarke and Mr. E. Emmons, who are engaged upon 

 the work of the Palaeontology. The furniture was removed to the 

 upper floor of the building. The rock-cutting laboratory and the 

 mineral storage continue as mentioned last year, in the basement 

 of the building. 



Visitoes and Guide-books. 

 The Museum is open daily, except Sundays, from 9 A. M. to 6 

 p. m. in the summer, and to 5 p. m. in the other seasons of the 

 year. The number of visitors continues as large as in previous 

 years, varying somewhat with the different seasons. Many of 

 these view the collections simply as natural curiosities and gain 

 but little instruction, but there are some, every day, who come 

 with a more or less definite purpose, who make it their aim to 

 examine some one class of objects, and thus acquire some specific 

 information. Short guide-books or hand-books to some of the 

 collections would be of much assistance to these visitors. 



