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the state ; this to consist of two divisions, one embracing the 

 state geologist and his special scientific assistants, the other 

 the business department, constituted by ten commissioners 

 from different parts of the state, who, with the governor, act 

 as a supervisory board. This board is to meet at Harrisburg 

 every three months to supervise the execution of the work, 

 and their indorsement is necessary for the initiation of any 

 particular undertaking, although, when authorized, there is 

 to be no subsequent interference with the chief geologist in 

 carrying it out. 



Three years are allowed for the completion of the work, 

 and $35,000 per annum is appropriated. A cabinet of speci- 

 mens of geology and the mineral resources is to be gathered, 

 for ultimate exhibition. Nine assistants have been appoint- 

 ed by Professor Lesley, each with his special corps, with the 

 view of more rapidly accomplishing the objects of the sur- 

 vey. 



For the coming year the investigations are to be of the 

 primary ores of York and Adams counties, the limonite ores 

 of the Lehigh Valley, the fossil ores of the Juniata Valley, 

 the bituminous coal-fields of Clearfield and Jefferson, and the 

 oil region of Butler, Clarion, and Venango counties. A re- 

 view of the upper oil region is to be completed during the 

 present season ; possibly also a portion of the anthracite coal 

 region. A special laboratory for iron ores, and iron and steel, 

 is to be established at Harrisburg, together with suitable 

 rooms for the museum. Dr. Genth has been appointed min- 

 eralogist of the survey. 



GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WISCONSIN. 



The newly organized geological survey of Wisconsin is 

 now in its second year of field work, under Professor J. A. 

 Lapham, and promises to do good service in the development 

 of the industrial and economical resources of the state. At 

 present the work is in progress in Portage County under 

 the charge of Mr. Poland Irving, in Manitowac under C. C. 

 Chamberlin, and in Green County under Moses Strong. 



The enactment under which the survey is prosecuted be- 

 came a law on the 19th of March, 1873, and it is provided 

 that a full series of the geological collections shall be depos- 

 ited with the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, with the State 



