No. 211. 
IK ASSEMBLY, APR. 8, 1856. 
REPORT 
Of the select committee on the completioa of the Natural 
History of the Slale. 
Mr. Denniston, from the select committee to which was referr- 
ed the report of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the 
completion of the publication of the Natural History of New- 
York, 
REPORTS: 
The geological survey of the State was first recommended by 
Governor Clinton, in 1828; but no active steps were taken until 
1835, when a resolution was passed requesting the Secretary of 
State to report to the Legislature, at its next session, the most 
expedient method of obtaining a complete geological survey of 
the State, etc. 
This report was made to the next Legislature by John A. Dix, 
Secretary of State. The report recommended a division of the 
State into four districts, and the appointment of two geologists 
for each district, and one draughtsman to each district. It was 
thought that the survey would take three or four years. 
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