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[Assembly 
Mr. Pease presented the following account : 
For drawing on stone the following plates (yoI. 2 of the Palaeon- 
tology.) 
Plate 27. Clinton group, 24 figures, $72 00 
75. Coralline limestone, 14 figures, 42 00 
13. Clinton group, tracks, 5 figures, 15 00 
14. Clinton group, tracks, 4 figures, 12 00 
Lettering 4 plates, $3.50, 14 00 
Printing 4 plates, $45, 180 00 
480 lbs. paper, at 25 cents, ....... 120 00 
$455 00 
I have examined and approved the work specified above, as far as 
the drawings on stone are named, and they conform to the require- 
ments of the contract. 
(Signed) JAMES HALL. 
Received, Albany, Sept. 14, 1850, of Richard H. Pease, the fol- 
lowing lithographic prints belonging to the Paleeontology, vol. 2 : 
Plate 13. Clinton group, tracks, 3,000 impressions. 
14. Clinton group, tracks, • ...... do 
27. Clinton group, Acephala, do 
75. Coralline limestone, Acephala, do 
(Signed) JOHN GEBHARD, Jr., 
Curator, 
We certified the above account to the Comptroller. 
Mr. Pease presented the following account : 
For coloring 16,000 temperature tables, at $5 per hun- 
dred, $800 00 
This was accompanied with a receipt from Messrs. C. & P. Van 
Benthuysen, public printers, stating that they had received each the 
above impressions colored from Mr. Pease. They were the balance 
unpaid for. A portion had been colored by E. Emmons, Jr., as will 
be observed in a previous account. We entertained the opinion, to 
which we still adhere, that the expense of coloring might have been 
altogether avoided, by requiring the prominent lines to have "been 
more deeply engraved. But the matter had been commenced before 
1850, a portion of the plates had been already colored, and the ques- 
tion remained whether these temperature tables should be allowed to 
