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and designed for completing the publication of the Natural History 
of New-York, under and in pursuance of the act of the Legislature, 
passed May 7, 1847, for that purpose, except fifty plates of the steel 
engravings for said work to be done by Richard H. Pease, as speci- 
fied in a contract heretofore made with said Pease on the twenty- 
seventh day of July, 1847 ; and also, all the prmtmgand lettering of 
the said engraving above agreed to be given to and done by said 
Gavit and Duthie. 
And it is further agreed as aforesaid, that the paper for said en- 
graving shall be equal in quality to that now in use for the illustra- 
tions of said work, and that the engraving shall be • as good as the 
specimens exhibited by the Governor, which said specimens are 
marked and signed " John Young," " E. Emmons," James Hall." 
That the work when done shall be delivered to the geologists at the 
State Geological Rooms, and the steel plates shall be delivered with 
the work and become the property of the party of the first part. 
And it is declared, agreed and covenanted, by and in behalf of said 
party of the first part, that the amount of engraving which said Gavit 
and Duthie shall have and be entitled to under this contract, shall 
be equal to one hundred and fifty plates, averaging twenty figures 
each plate. 
And it is further agreed that the following prices shall be paid to 
said Gavit and Duthie for work done by them under this contract, 
viz : For the engraving, three dollars per figure; for printing the 
same, one dollar and fifty cents per hundred; for lettering the same 
at three dollars and fifty cents per plate, and for the paper, twenty- 
five cents per pound. No work to be paid for until delivered as 
aforesaid and inspected by the geologists, or one of them. 
In witness whereof, and in pursuance of the power given to them 
by the second section of the act aforesaid, in behalf of the State, John 
Young, Governor of said State, hath hereto set his hand, and the said 
John E. Gavit and James Duthie also, this day and year first above 
written. 
JOHN YOUNG, 
JNO. E. GAVIT, 
JAS. DUTHIE. 
