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been finished and placed in cases in the gallery of the agricultural 

 exhibition rooms in the rear of Geological Hall. The specimens 

 are seventy-six in number, and a catalogue of them is herewith 

 annexed. 



The Building Stone collection in Geological Hall has also been 

 catalogued and the list is appended to this report. 



As the specimens composing the Mineral Exhibit of New York 

 at the World's Columbian Exposition are now the property of 

 the State Museum a complete catalogue of them has been prepared 

 which will soon be ready for publication. 



The most important part of the work of the Director is con- 

 tained in the accompanying scientific papers which represent the 

 cumulative results of his work since he became connected with 

 the Museum. They are to appear in advance of this report as 

 bulletins of the New York State Museum, and are as follows : 



Bulletin No. 12 — The Clay Industries of New York. 



Bulletin No. 14 — Geology of Moriah and Essex Townships. 



Bulletin No. 15 — The Mineral Resources of New York. 



The first of these has been prepared by Mr. Heinrich Ries 

 The work began in 1892 with a study of the clay deposits of the 

 Hudson River valley and the report on this preliminary investi- 

 gation was published in the Report of the State Geologist for 1891. 

 Subsequently in collecting clays for the exhibit of New York 

 State at the World's Columbian Exposition much information 

 was obtained and the bulletin above mentioned was prepared to 

 publish tnis valuable material. 



Bulletin No. 14 was prepared by Prof. J. F. Kemp as a report 

 of his work done in eastern Essex county during the summer of 

 1892, under the auspices of the State Museum, and includes the 

 results of a valuable and important investigation on the iron ore 

 deposits of that region. 



Bulletin No. 15 has been prepared by the Director to make 

 public the information acquired in the work of preparing the 

 Mineral Exhibit of New York at the World's Columbian Exposi- 

 tion and is intended to be a directory of the mineral resources of 

 New York. It is illustrated by the Economic and Geologic Map 

 of New York, which was prepared for the report of the Superin 

 tendent of the Scientific Exhibit of New York at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition. 



