Curator’s Report. 
This report contains a short history of the Museum, including the 
geological, educational and agricultural. It gives the recommenda¬ 
tions of a museum by the heads of the geological and educational de¬ 
partments, also Governor George T. Werts in his annual report of 
1895. It contains titles of all of the laws creating the Museum and 
several amendments to the same and an account of the organization of 
the present Museum and the part the Educational, Geological and Agri¬ 
cultural Departments and the Museum took in the expositions at 
Philadelphia, New Orleans, Chicago, Buffalo, Charleston, St. Louis 
and Jamestown. A list of the medals and awards received at each as 
far as can be ascertained from any records that could be found, also 
a list of the reports issued by the Museum up to the present time with 
a synopsis of each are included. 
The report gives the new plan for furnishing lantern slides to the 
public schools and state departments for lectures and illustrating dif¬ 
ferent subjects, to be loaned free, except for transportation and break¬ 
age or loss of slides. 
THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM. 
Collections for the Geological Museum were commenced at an early 
day. In the report of the Geological Survey of 1836, by Henry D. 
Rogers, we find the following: “Specimens of materials susceptible 
of useful application have been gathered from districts adjoining 
these profiles and likewise from much of the intervening country, all 
the most important localities throughout which were visited for the 
purpose.” 
At a later date, during the Kiteliell Survey, this work was con¬ 
tinued, as is shown by the following instructions, given in Dr. Kit- 
chelhs report of 1855 : 
“Collect three suites of specimens of all the various rocks, minerals, ores, 
marls, clays, sands, peats and fossils found in each township. Let them he 
uniform in size, viz., four inches square and two inches thick, except when 
isolated or grouped crystals and fossils require specimens of greater or less 
dimensions. Obtain them directly from the formation, deposit, or mine, and let 
them possess fresh, clean surfaces. 
