REPORT 



To the Honorable the Board of Regents of the University of the 

 State of New York: 



Gentlemen. — In order to bring to an early completion the 

 contemplated work upon the Palaeontology of the State of New 

 York, it has been necessary for the State Geologist, for several 

 years past, to restrict himself almost entirely to the preparation 

 and publication of these volumes. I have heretofore annually 

 reported the condition of the work and the general results of pro- 

 gress. Last year I was able to report the completion of volume 

 VI of Paleontology, giving a synopsis and summary of the 

 genera and species of Corals and Bryozoa described in the volume, 

 the total number of species being 385, which are arranged under 

 seventy-two genera. At the same time I called attention to the 

 unfinished work upon the Bryozoa which had been carried on 

 toward completing the volume before the law was passed restrict- 

 ing the number of pages and plates, which rendered it impossible 

 to include all the material in preparation. 



Without going into any further statement regarding the condi- 

 tion of this work I will here repeat my recommendation of last 

 year, hoping it may meet the approval of the board. " The best 

 and most satisfactory disposition of this would be the publication 

 of a supplemental volume of about twenty plates with text of 150 

 pages, to include a synopsis and classification together with the 

 proper illustrations, and with the descriptions of the new species. 

 This would serve to give a completeness to the work which it now 

 lacks, and which, from the great amount of new material that 

 would be presented in the volume, we should feel it a duty to 

 publish." 



Besides the publication of this material as a contribution to 

 science, the illustration of authentic examples of the genera of 

 Bryozoa would make such a volume an important hand-book for 

 students in science. 



The Corals and Bryozoa of the Lower Helderberg, and the 

 Bryozoa of the Upper Helderberg and Hamilton groups, which 



