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are directed. It wishes to be in a position to compile a list of the 

 natural monuments which are or should be protected and to issue 

 information in regard to efforts made toward their protection for 

 the information and encouragement of the general public. 



John M. Clarke 

 June 1908 Director 



IX 



PUBLICATIONS 



A list of the scientific publications issued during the year 1907-8 

 with those now in press and treatises ready for printing is attached 

 hereto. The publications issued are 21 in number on a variety of 

 topics covering the whole range of our scientific activities. They 

 embrace 2378 pages of text, 288 plates and 20 maps. 



The labor of preparing this matter, verifying, editing and cor- 

 recting is onerous and exacting. Taken altogether it excellently 

 indicates the activity and diligence of the staff of this division. 



Annual report 



Fourth Report of the Director, State Geologist and Paleon- 

 tologist for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1907. 

 2i2p. 56pl. 



Contents: 



Introduction 

 I Condition of the scientific col- 

 lections 



II Report on the geological 

 survey 

 Geological survey 

 Seismological station 

 Mineralogy 

 Paleontology 



Field meeting of American 

 geologists 



III Report of the State Botanist 



IV Report of the State Ento- 



mologist 



V Report on the zoology section 

 VI Report on the archeology sec- 

 tion 



The wampums of the Iroquois 



Confederacy 

 Field work in archeology, 1907 

 VII A State Historical Museum 

 VIII Publications 

 IX Staff 

 X Accessions 



XI Appendix: Localities of Ameri- 

 can Paleozoic fossils 

 The Beginnings of Dependent Life 

 Index 



