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be required to supply the deficiency. Moreover, the final reports can- 
not be satisfactorly ocmpleted until this shall be done. 
The Geologists are of opinion that the three rooms in the second 
story of the old State Hall would be sufficiently large, and form a very 
proper place for the State Museum. 
It appears from the report of the Trustees of the new State Hall, 
(vide Assembly Document 286, of 1840,) that the old State Hall and 
lot on which it stands, are not at the absolute disposal of the State ; that 
the title will revert to the corporation of the city of Albany, as soon as 
it ceases to be appropriated for the specific purposes for which it was 
granted. The Trustees further state, that they have had an interview 
with a committee of the common council of said city, and are authoriz- 
ed to say that any arrangement will be made with the Commissioners 
of the Land Office respecting such enlargement and modification of 
the grant as may be desired by the State. Your committee, therefore, 
recommend the passage of a law authorizing the Commissioners of 
the Land Office to secure such further grant. 
In case such object shall be attained, an appropriation will be requir- 
ed to fit up and prepare the old State Hall for geological purposes. 
Your committee deem it their duty to present, in as brief a manner 
as possible, some of the results already produced by this survey, and 
to suggest some considerations why it should be continued to a repu- 
table completion. 
It has, thus far, excited great attention among the people ; its annu- 
al reports have been sought for with great avidity, and it is believed to 
be a very popular, as it will doubtless be, a very useful enterprise. 
The Geologists have furnished your committee with a brief statement 
of the benefits conferred on the State by their labors thus far in an eco- 
nomical point of view. 
In the northern part of the State the iron ore beds have been exa- 
mined and many new ones discovered. The immense deposits of this 
ore near the sources of the Hudson river, the existence of which was 
barely known, have been traced to the fullest extent and shown to be 
perfectly inexhaustible ; and that they do not suffer in comparison with 
the iron mountain of Missouri. These beds of ore will at some future 
