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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[ 1893 . 
were accompanied by lantern demonstrations. The field excur¬ 
sions continue to attract the general attention of the students, and 
it is plainly visible that they exert a marked influence upon the zeal 
and energy with which the subject of geological investigation is 
prosecuted. The quality of independent observation is by this 
means readily acquired, and with it is developed the healthy spirit 
of original research. Especially successful have been the efforts of 
the students in fossil-collecting, and to them the paleontology of 
New Jersey is largely indebted for work already accomplished. 
The condition of the paleontological department of the Academy 
remains much as it has been. No relief has yet been afforded 
to the crowded condition of the collections, but the near com¬ 
pletion of the annex to the main building brings with it the 
hope of an early betterment. During the year, under the super¬ 
vision of the Curators, a portion of the State collection illustrating 
the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania has been removed 
from the boxes in which the collection has hitherto remained packed, 
and placed in drawers especially provided for it. No proper ar¬ 
rangement of these specimens is, however, as yet possible. Indeed, 
any attempt to rearrange and re-classify would be un¬ 
desirable in the present condition of lack of room. Your Con¬ 
servator regrets that, mainly owing to an affection of his eyes which 
continued throughout the greater part of the year, he has not been 
able to give that general attention to the collections under his charge 
which he should have desired. 
There have been numerous accessions to the collections during the 
year, among which,perhaps most prominently,may be mentioned ex¬ 
tensive series of Tertiary and Post-Tertiary fossils presented by Mr. 
Joseph Willcox and Mr. Clarence B. Moore. In this connection 
not inappropriately reference might be made to the collection of 
Cretaceous and Miocene leaves obtained by the Peary Relief Expe¬ 
dition at the famous fossil-bearing locality of Atanekerdluk, Green¬ 
land. The specimens are contained in sixty-five trays. 
Specimens for study have been loaned to Gilbert D. Harris of 
Washington; W. B. Clarke of Baltimore; C. B. Simpson of Al¬ 
bany, and W. H. Cummins of Austin, Texas. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Angelo Heilprin, 
Professor of Invertebrate Paleontology. 
