REPORT. 



TO THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. 



The Regents of the University 



Respectfully Report : 



That during the past year, many and various additions have been 

 made to the Cabinet. For the Zoological department, there have 

 been procured a number of specimens of animals native to the State, 

 and which vrere not previously in the collection. A list of those 

 presented and purchased accompanies this report. 



The engagements of Dr. Fitch, during the last season, have pre- 

 vented him from increasing the collection of Lisects, but the matter 

 is still left in his charge, and he will doubtless, ere long, forward 

 additional specimens. 



The Regents have to state with regret, that some of the preserved 

 animals have recently been found to be injured by the moth. An 

 examination of them is now making by a competent person, who is 

 directed to destroy such as may be too far affected, and also to take 

 every means to prevent future loss through this cause. 



The Botanical Collection continues in excellent order, and is care- 

 fully preserved. 



Valuable donations have been received from various persons, for 

 the Mineralogical and Geological Museum. These are particularly 

 specified in the accompanying documents, but the Regents deem it 

 proper to add, that a few months since. Dr. Nathaniel F. Moore, late 

 President of Columbia College, tendered to them a collection of 



