NJDEP - NJGS - First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the ...

24&e., peculiar toeac h county, to be forwarded .to th? county, seat, t_ndthere disposed of as the ,Board of Freeholde_'s shall•deem p_'oper.. As far as the researches have extended in detai],.threesuites have been made---two for Trenton and onefor :the county seat. '! think it advisabl 0 that two suites shoulclbe made for the State, in order that the final arrangement o.f•the cabinet may'be divided into two parts, viz. : a geologicaland .geographical arrangement. The former to exhibit therocks in their order, together with their associate mineraIs_fossils, &e., corresponding with the geological maps, sections,&e. ; the latter a local arrangement in townships or sectionsof townships, in correspond wkh the accompanying local descriptions.I propose to adopt the latter alone for the countycabinet6. . .During the year twenty-six boxes of roeks_,minerals,'and- fossils have been foi'warded to Trenton from Sussex .Couuty,and eight to Newton. Prof. Cook has made a complete collectionof the marls of Monmouth,.as £_r as his detailed ex-• aminatibns have extended. They have been properly ore-,pared and labelled, and now awah a suitable place for theirreception. The very great variety of minerals and organic.remains of'this State,,will necessarily form an extensive cabinet,,and I .would therefore call the attenti0n.of the Legislaturejto the importance of taking some steps.to'_ards obtait)_ng e". suitable rooms for its permanent arrangement: "I would _dsp..here state that seyeraI applications hay e ibsen made to me bydifferent ,educational institutions in this, as .w_ll .as.in •other•States, for complete collections of New Jersey minerals_ rocks,as much expense attends the collection of speetmens,and as the law does not authorize more than two suites,I could not comply with any of these requests. It is very• t*desirable, however, that a'knowledge of the resources of this.:S.tate should be spread as widely and rapidly as possible, andthere is no mor_ effectual way than by distributing samp.les of"its productions to every part of the country. The subject is:,worthy of the consideration of the Legislature,.NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY