New York State Education Department 



New York State Museum 



John M. Clarke Director 



SECOND REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE 

 SCIENCE DIVISION 



INCLUDING THE 



59TH REPORT OF THE STATE MUSEUM 



THE 



25th REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST 



AND THE 



REPORT OF THE STATE PALEONTOLOGIST FOR 1905 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 1905 



This report sets forth the general condition of the scientific work 

 under the charge of the Education Department, gives an account 

 of the condition and growth of the scientific collections and the 

 progress of investigations during the fiscal year 1904-5. It con- 

 stitutes the 59th annual report on the State Museum and is intro- 

 ductory to all the scientific publications issued from this office 

 during the year mentioned. 



The subjects to be presented are taken up in the following order: 



1 Condition of the scientific collections 



2 Report of the State Geologist and Paleontologist, the Min- 



eralogist and on the work in Industrial geology 



3 Report of the State Botanist 



4 Report of the State Entomologist 



