204 ANNUAL RECOKD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



hua, the metallurgical value of the lignites of the far West, 

 and the metallurgy of native sulphur. 



To this is added the consideration of the mining laws, the 

 wire rope in transportation, etc., closing with an appendix 

 upon the bullion product. This, for all the states and territo- 

 ries west of Missouri, and exclusive of New Mexico, amounts, 

 according to Professor Raymond, to $58,284,029. The re- 

 port, like its predecessors, contains a vast amount of statisti- 

 cal and other information, and will doubtless be eagerly 

 sought for by those interested in mines and mining. 



GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OHIO. 



The Legislature of Ohio, as was hoped, provided at its last 

 session for the continuance of the geological survey of the 

 state, having appropriated the following sums for the pur- 

 pose : For salaries of geological corps and cheixdst, from June 

 1, 18V3, to January 1, 1874, at which time the survey must 

 close, $3500, Avith the condition that no part of the salary of 

 any member of the corps shall be paid until the manuscript 

 of his report is in the hands of the printer, ready to be set 

 up. The other approj^riations are $2400 for salariies of assist- 

 ant geologists during the same period, $1150 for traveling 

 expenses, $1000 for paleontological work, $300 for chemicals, 

 $1000 for zoological and botanical catalogues, and $6000 for 

 printing sixteen thousand additional maps of group sections 

 for the geological report. 



All the aj^paratus, implements, and mathematical instru- 

 ments used by the survey on the completion of the reports 

 are to be delivered to the trustees of the Ohio As^ricultural 

 College for its use and benefit. Additional appropriations 

 for the survey are $2333 33 for salaries of officers, $1370 84 

 for salaries of assistant geologists, $660 for contingent ex- 

 penses, $500 for paleontological work, making a total appro- 

 priated at this session for this purpose of $14,214 17; this ex- 

 clusive of $6000 for sixteen thousand maps of group sections, 

 and the cost of engraving, composition, press-work, paper, and 

 binding, and the general illustrations. 



For the advancement of agriculture, $3000 are appropria- 

 ted for the use of the State Board, and $152 for fitting up and 

 painting rooms for geological specimens, $500 to the president 

 of the Ohio Agricultural Society,, and $400 for the purchase 



