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material stored in the basement of the building in 1886, there yet 

 remain 84 boxes, which are being opened and distributed as fast 

 as time will allow.* Nearly all the available space in the draw- 

 ers (3210) is already occupied, and we will need several hundred 

 more drawers before the collection can be completely arranged. 

 Of the material packed in boxes, resulting from the selection and 

 assorting of museum and school collections, and which are 

 arranged in the rotunda, there are the following : 



Corals, including those mentioned in the report of 1892 47 



Bryozoa 34 



Graptolites 14 



Brachiopoda 41 



Crinoids and miscellaneous 16 



Of the later accumulations from the Livonia salt shaft the 

 better material has been selected and arranged in drawers for 

 museum purposes and the remainder packed in boxes. These 

 duplicate fossils from the Livonia salt shaft occupy 16 boxes. 



The collection of fossils presented to the museum by the 

 Albany Institute has been arranged and catalogued by Prof. 

 J. M. Clarke, the assistant palaeontologist. This collection is of 

 great historical interest, as being the original collection made 

 by the institute in the earlier years of the century, and is 

 well deserving of careful preservation^ 



Of the types and illustrated specimens of the general collection 

 the Crustacea, the annelida and cephalopoda have been arranged 

 and catalogued by Mr. Clarke. This catalogue has appeared in 

 the successive reports of 1891 and 1892, the entire number of 

 specimens recorded being 937. In order that these catalogues 

 may be accessible without the trouble of turning to these reports, 

 I append copies of each one with this communication. This work 

 of cataloguing will be continued until the entire collection shall 

 be recorded. 



Mr. Emmons and Mr. Sheehy have occupied a large portion of 

 their time during the past two years in selecting from the dupli- 

 cate collections, as already mentioned, and in arranging specimens 



* For a description of these boxes and their contents, see Report of the State Museum for 

 189i, pp. 66-70 



t These lists of types and typical specimens were commuricatel with this report, but were 

 not delivered to the printer with the copy. They were published in the report of the State 

 Geologist for 1891 and 1892. 



