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If the responsibilities resting upon them shall be discharged with abi- 
lity equal to that of their associates, the Geological survey will abun- 
dantly repay the munificence of the State by numerous and lasting be- 
nefits. 
It ought to be known to the Legislature that the collections of speci- 
mens will far exceed in number and value the expectations indulged at 
the time of the passage of the act, and cannot be profitably or conve- 
niently deposited in the State library or in any apartments in the Capitol 
which can be appropriated for that purpose. The whole collection will 
form a museum of the highest scientific interest. Unless suitable ar- 
rangements are made for its preservation and exhibition, the benefits of 
the survey will be in a great measure lost. 
I submit some suggestions on this subject made by the Geologists re- 
siding in this city. 
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, 
