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accumulation of property now under his care, and the great pains he 
has taken in arranging and classifying it. 
Chemical apparatus in use for the investigations enumerated in the 
first and second volumes of Emmons^ Agriculture, 
It will be seen by a reference to the Assembly doc . of 1850, No. 9, 
that considerable allowances had from time to time been made for the 
purchase of the above. And as the department was now deemed to 
have completed its operations, and as the apparatus was asked for the 
use of the State Agricultural Society, we supposed we were not ex- 
ceeding our powers in placing it under the care of the duly appoint- 
ed chemist of that body, subject of course, to any future direction of 
the Legislature. A catalogue of the articles thus received, prepared 
and signed by Dr. Salisbury, the officer in question, is herewith trans- 
mitted marked C. 
Dr. Emmons^ third volume on Fruits and Insects. 
The progress made in the completion of this volume will be seea 
by comparing our memoranda of payments with the details contained 
in the Assembly document of 1850, Nc*. 9, and particularly at pages 
170 and 171 of the same. We have paid as will be seen by paper A, 
large amounts for coloring various plates in this volume, and also for 
engraving others. We directed Mr. Pease who has purchased the 
coloring contract of E. Emmons, jr. not to color any additional 
plates, preferring to leave this for the further direction of the Legis- 
lature. Yet it should be understood that a certain portion of the 
fruits have been colored and others not, and that the coloring has not 
been in successive order, but quite indiscriminately. We fear that 
these illustrations will scarcely look as they ought to do unless the 
whole be colored. 
We think well of a suggestion of Mr. Gebhard contained in his re- 
port that the part on fruits now completed, except the coloring 
above noticed, should be issued as a separate volume leavmg the in- 
sects to form a fourth volume. We understand, however, that Dr. 
Emmons is opposed to this. The volume if completed as at present 
contemplated by him, will contain at least one hundred and forty plates 
besides the letter press. 
Estimate of the expense of completing the 3d volume of Dr. Emmons. 
We are required by the law already referred to " to report a plan 
for the final completion of the survey, and to submit the estimates of 
