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July next, it will occasion great delay in the frrthcoming works, and 
cause much embarrassment to us, if we are not permitted at the end of 
that time to unpack the boxes and arrange the specimens which have 
been collected. It should be added that the final reports cannot well 
be completed until this has been done. 
It is not easy to ascertain the exact space that will be required for 
the display of the collections which have been made, but from an esti- 
mate which we have made, we are satisfied that it will at least be equal 
to that of the three rooms in the 2nd story of the old State Hall : and 
we are unanimously of opinion, that this is the most eligible place for 
the State Museum. Indeed, it is the only one of the State buildings 
that contains rooms sufiiciently spacious for the purpose. 
4. The Board would also suggest to the Governor, as matters which 
will soon require" attention, the mode and manner in which the final 
reports are to be published, and the number and style of maps, geo- 
logical sections and diagrams. In regard to these last, it seems to be 
necessary that some preliminaries should shortly be settled, that there 
may be no unnecessary delay from that cause in completing the whole 
work. 
All which is respectfully submitted. 
J. E. DE KAY, 
LARDNER VANUXEM, 
EBENEZER EMMONS, 
W. W. MATHER, 
T. A. CONRAD, 
JAMES HALL, 
LEWIS C. BECK, 
