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3. That the 434 original drawings be described, and a copy of this 
be left with us, and that as many as possible be deposited with the 
Curator of the State Cabinet of Natural History. This was com- 
plied with, and the list is in our possession, open to examination. A 
large proportion of the drawings were all deposited with Mr. Geb- 
hard. 
With the above testimony before us, the statements in Mr. Cor- 
nell's report, as already quoted, relative to the number of colored 
plates, either finished or in process of completion, there appeared to 
be no alternative but to audit the account, which we did, to the 
amount of $4,751 ; three thousand dollars having been previously 
audited. 
Mr. John E. Gavit presented the following account : 
To printing the following 10 steel plates for the Agricultural De- 
partment, under the direction of Professor Emmons : 
3,000 
impressions 
from temperature plate for April, .... 
$45 00 
(i 
" May, 
45 00 
(( 
(( 
" August, . . 
45 00 
<c 
cc 
" September, 
45 00 
tc 
cc 
" October, . , 
45 00 
ii 
cc 
" November, 
45 00 
a 
cc 
" ' December, 
45 00 
u 
(C 
" June monthy mean. 
45 00 
u 
cc 
plate 13, wood structure, 
45 00 
a 
cc 
plate 14, 
45 00 
273 44 
$723 44 
Albany, May, 31, 1850. Rec'd of Mr. Gavit, two thousand sets 
of each of the above ten plates, which, in addition to the two lots of 
600 each, heretofore received, amounting to 3,000 sets as above 
charged, and being for the 2d volume of Emmons' Agricultural 
Survey. 
(Signed) C. VAN BENTHUYSEN. 
We required an affidavit from Mr. Gavit, that the work had been 
executed according to contract, and that it had not been previously 
