REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
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was presented by Hon. Ernest R. Ackerman, while President of the 
Senate, a member of the Museum Commission and Acting Governor, 
to the Museum. The value of this collection can hardly be over¬ 
estimated, as such collections are very valuable and scare and cannot 
be duplicated. This was placed in a cabinet made for the collection, 
each note being between plates of glass, in swing frames, so that both 
sides of the notes can be examined without handling. 
Indian Relics .—Several collections of Indian relics have been do¬ 
nated and others will be as soon as we have more room to display 
them. The Norton collection was donated to the Museum during the 
past year. 
The section of railroad rails, spikes, &c., were presented to the 
Museum by Samuel L. Roberts, of Bordentown, N. J. He made 
three exhibits like this, one for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the other 
for the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, D. C., and we have the 
third. This collection shows a section of all the rails used on the 
railroad in New Jersey under the control of the Pennsylvania Rail¬ 
road since the first road in New Jersey on which the John Bull, the 
first engine ran, on up to the time the exhibit was made in 1893. 
This is an exhibit that can never be duplicated, and would no doubt 
have gone out of the State had it not been for the Museum. 
The gift of Dr. H. C. Norton of Indian relics is a valuable addi¬ 
tion, also the collection willed to the Museum by Joseph B. Livzey. 
Many valuable things have gone to other Museums because New Jer¬ 
sey had no Museum or place to keep them. 
The Gross Botanical Collection, which was donated to the Museum 
by Dr. C. A. Gross’s son, has been arranged, mounted and classified 
by Dr. Witmer Stone and is now back in the Museum. It is a 
valuable exhibit, and will be more so when we get room to display it. 
We have had several valuable specimens presented to the Museum, 
such as birds and mammals by Ex-Senator George C. Low, of Ocean 
County. We have also received several other small donations. 
MUSEUM REPORTS. 
There has been issued by the State Museum twelve reports since 
its reorganization by the law of 1895. There were no reports for the 
first six years because no rooms had been provided for installing 
the exhibits. 
First Report, 1901 .—The first report, issued in 1901, gave the laws of 1S95 
and the amendment of 1896, under which the Museum was created. The 
first meeting of the Commission for organization was held March 25th, 1S95. 
It consisted of President of the Senate, Hon. E. C. Stokes; Speaker of the 
