REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
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Sixth Report, 1906. —The report of 1906 contains a frontispiece picture of 
all the Commissioners of the Museum and the Curator, at that time; Hon. 
C. J. Baxter, Dr. Henry B. Kiimmel, Prof. E. B. Voorhees, Hon. Wm. J. 
Bradley, Hon. S. Iv. Robbins and S. R. Morse. The Curator’s report consists 
of the wants of the Museum, new collections and publications donated and 
purchased. A paper on the “Amphibians and Reptiles of New Jersey,” by 
Henry W. Fowler, author of the paper on “The Fishes of New Jersey” in the 
report of 1905, is included. There is also a supplement to “The Fishes of New 
Jersey,” fully illustrated. 
Seventh Report, 1907. —The frontispiece of this report is a picture of then 
Governor, Hon. John Franklin Fort. The report of the Curator gives an ac¬ 
count of the Museum exhibits at the Ter-Centennial Exposition at Jamestown. 
The Museum Exhibits under S. R. Morse, Curator, were the Comparative 
Educational, Fish. Birds and Mammals, Forestry, Insects Injurious to Vege¬ 
tables, How to Exterminate Mosquitoes, and Social Economy. The Geological 
Exhibit from the Museum was prepared under the supervision of the State 
Geologist, Dr. Henry B. Kiimmel. All these various exhibits represented 
fifteen different state departments and institutions and also included a very fine 
exhibit of Shore Health Resorts of New Jersey. In the Comparative Educa¬ 
tional Exhibit there was work that was shown at the Centennial in Philadel¬ 
phia in 1876, the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893, the South Carolina 
and West India Inter-State Exposition at Charleston 1902, the Pan-American 
Exposition at Buffalo in 1901, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. 
Louis in 1904 and new work for the Ter-Centennial Exposition at Jamestown 
in 1907. Governor E. C. Stokes found work in this exhibit which he prepared 
for the Centennial Exposition when a student in the Millville Public Schools. 
These exhibits were awarded many gold and silver medals and several certifi¬ 
cates of honor. 
This report contains a paper on “The Mammals of New Jersey,” by Dr. 
Witmer Stone, Curator of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, 
also supplementary notes on “The Fishes of New Jersey” and “The Amphi¬ 
bians and Reptiles of New Jersey,” fully illustrated (both by Henry W. 
Fowler). 
The Commissioners of the Museum at this time were : Hon. C. J. Baxter, 
Dr. Henry B. Kiimmel, Prof. E. B. Voorliees, Hon. Bloomfield IJ. Minch and 
Hon. Edgar E. Lethbridge. 
Eighth Report, 1908. —This report has a frontispiece picture of S. R. Morse. 
Curator. The Curator’s part of the report explains how and where the 
Museum reports are distributed and gives a list of the additions to the Museum. 
In this report is also found Dr. Witmer Stone’s paper on “The Birds of New 
Jersey, Their Nests and Eggs.” The destruction and protection of our birds is 
fully illustrated therein and it also contains a short supplement on “Notes on 
New Jersey Fishes,” by Henry W Fowler. This is one of our most interesting 
reports, and the edition is about exhausted. 
The Commission at this time consisted of Hon. C. J. Baxter, Dr. Henry B. 
Kiimmel, Prof. E. B. Voorhees, Hon. Thomas T. Hillery and Hon. Frank B. 
Jess. 
Ninth Report, 1909. —The 1909 report has a frontispiece of Prof. Austin 
Apgar, Prof. John B. Smith and Wm. H. Werner. The Curator’s report 
contains a list of additions of the past year, the publications received, &c. 
The report is almost wholly devoted to “The Insects of New Jersey,” written 
by the late Prof. John B. Smith, of the New Jersey Agricultural Department 
of Rutgers College. It is fully illustrated. Prof Smith also prepared the 
Museum exhibit on “How to Exterminate Mosquitoes,” one of the best ever 
prepared. The State of New Jersey is proud of the work Prof. Smith did for it. 
The Museum Commission then consisted of Hon. C. J. Baxter, Dr. Henry 
B. Kiimmel, Prof. E. B. Voorhees, Hon. Samuel K. Robbins and Hon. John D. 
Prince. 
Tenth Report , 1910. —This report contains a picture of Governor, now Presi¬ 
dent, Woodrow Wilson ; also a map of New Jersey showing the distribution of 
