[Moiiograph XL.] 



The statute approved Mavi-li 3, 187!', establishing tin- United States Geological Survey, contains 

 the following provisions: 



"The publications of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual report of operations, geo- 

 logical and economic maps illustrating the resources and classification of the lauds, and reports upon 

 general and economic geology and paleontology. The annual report of operations of the Geological 

 Survey shall accompany the annual report of the Secretary of the Interior. All special memoirs and 

 reports of said Survey shall he. issued in uniform quarto series if deemed necessary by the 1 )ireetor, Imt 

 otherwise iu ordinary octavos. Three thousand copies of each shall lie published for scientific exchanges 

 and for sale at the price of publication ; ami all literary and cartographic materials received in exchange 

 shall lie the property of the United States and form a part of the library of the organization : And the 

 money resulting from the sale of such publications shall be covered into the Treasury of the I'nitcd 

 States." 



Except iii those cases in which ail extra numher of any special memoir or report has been sup- 

 plied to the Survey by special resolution of Congress or lias been ordered by the Secretary of tin- 

 Interior, tins olliee lias ncj copies lor gratuitous distribution. 



ANNUAL REPORTS. 



I. First Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, by Clarence King. 1880. . 79 

 pp. 1 map. A preliminary report describing plan of organization and" publications. 



II. Second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1880-'81, by J. W. Powell. 

 1882. H'-. Iv, 588 pp. 02 pi. 1 map. 



III. Third Annual Report of the United States (ieological Survey, 1881 -'si', by.). \V. I'owell. 

 18s:i. 8. xviii, 564pp. 67 pi. and maps. 



IV. Fourth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey. 1882-'8o. by J. \V. I'owell. 

 1881. 8 .. xxxii,473pp. 85 pi. and maps. 



V. Fifth Annual Report of the I nited States (ieological Survey, 18S3-X4, by .1. \V. Powell. 

 l>s:>. 8. xxxvi, 469 pp. 58 pi. and maps. 



VI. Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1884-'85, by ,1. \V. I'owell. 

 1885. 8. xxix, 570 pp. 65 pi. and maps. 



VII. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1885-XO, by J. W. Powell. 

 18ss. go. x\. 650 pp. 71 pi. and maps. 



VIII. Eighth Annual Report of the United States (ieological Survey, 1886-'87. by .1. YV. Powell. 

 188H. 8 . '2 pt. xix, 474, xii pp., 58 pi. and maps; 1 prel. leaf, 475-1063 pp., 54-76 pi. and maps. 



IX. Ninth Annual Report of the United stales Geological Survey. 1887-'88. by J. W. Powell. 

 188H. 8 & . xiii, 717pp. 88 pi. and maps. 



X. Tenth Annual Report ol I lie United States Geological Survey, 1888-Xil. l,\ J. \V. I'owell. 

 181HI. 8 . 2 pt. xv, 774 pp., 98 pi. and maps ; viii, 123 pp. 



XI. Eleventh Annual Report of the United states (ieological Survey, 1889-'90, by J. W. Powell. 

 181U. 8 . 2 pt. xv, 757 pp., 66 pi. and maps; ix,M.">l pp., 30 pi. and maps. 



\II. Twelfth Annual Report of the United States (ieological Survey. 1890-'91, by J. W. Powell. 

 181M. 8. 2 pt., xiii, 675 pp., 53 pi. and maps; xviii, 576 pp., 146 pi. and maps. 



XIII. Thirteenth Annual Report of the United' States Geological Survey, 1891-'9L>, by .1. W. 

 Powell. 1893. 8. 3 ]it. vii. 240 pp., 2 maps; x. 372 pp., 105 pi. and maps; xi, 486 pp., 77 'pi- and 

 maps. 



XIV. Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 18H2-'93, bv.l. W. 

 Powell. 18113. 8. 2 pt. vi, 321pp., 1 pi. ; xx, 597pp., 74 pi. and maps. 



X V. Fifteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 189o-'94. by J. \V. Powell. 

 1895. 8. xiv, 755 pp., 48 pi. and maps. 



XVI. Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1891-'95, Charles D. 

 \Valcott, Director. 1895. (Part I, 1896.) 8. 4 pt. xxii, 910 pp., 117 pi. and maps; xix, 598 pp.. 43 

 pi. and maps; xv, (140 pp., 23 pi. ; xix, 735 pp , <i pi. 



XVII. Seventeenth Annual K'epoit of the United States Geological Survey, 18!l.".-'llti, Charles 

 D. Walcott, Director. 1896. 8. 3 pt. in 4 vol. xxii, 1076 pp., 67 pi. and maps ; xxv, 864 pp., 113 pi. 

 and maps; xxiii, 542 pp., 8 pi. and maps; iii, 543-1058 pp., 9-13 pi. 



XVIII. Eighteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 189li-'97, Charles D. 

 Walcott, Director. 1897. (Parts II and III, 1898.) 8. opt. in Ovol. 1-440 pp., 4 pi. and maps; i-v, 



