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of carpets for the two rooms used by the Agricultural Board. 

 List of Laws. 



FINAL KEPOKT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OHIO. 



The first volume of the final report of the Geological Sur- 

 vey of the State of Ohio has lately made its appearance in 

 the form of a handsome octavo volume of nearly seven hun- 

 dred pages, and an atlas of plates. This is devoted to an ac- 

 count of the geology of the state, and will be followed in a 

 few weeks by another volume upon its paleontology. Four 

 other volumes of a smaller size are to appear hereafter, to- 

 gether with a general geological map. Of these, one on gen- 

 eral geology and one on economical geology will be com- 

 pleted and ready for the printer in January next. A third 

 volume, on agricultural zoology and botany, and a fourth, em- 

 bracing the remainder of the paleontology, will complete the 

 series. 



From a history of the geological survey of Ohio, by Pro- 

 fessor Newberry, the present State Geologist, w^e learn that 

 as long ago as 1836 a committee was appointed to ascertain 

 and report to the Legislature the best method of obtaining a 

 complete geological survey of the state, and an estimate of 

 the probable cost of the same. That committee consisted of 

 Dr. S. P. Hildreth, Dr. John Locke, Professor J. H. Riddle, and 

 Mr. I. A. Lapham. These gentlemen submitted to the Legis- 

 lature of 1836-37 the plan of a general geological survey, 

 upon which action was immediately taken, and a bill was 

 passed on the 27th of March, 1837, appointing a corps of 

 geologists, and appropriating $12,000 for^ the prosecution of 

 the work. 



Professor W.W.Mather was placed in charge of this sur- 

 vey, with Dr. S. P. Hildreth, Dr. John Locke, Professor J. P. 

 Kirtland, J. W. Foster, Charles Whittlesey, and C. Briggs, 

 Jun., as assistants. 



The first report of their labors was presented and published 

 in 1837, and a second in the year following. The financial 

 panic of 1837 and the consequent paralysis in business inter- 

 fered w^ith labor in this direction, and the survey was interrupt- 

 ed. Enough had been done, however, to show the great eco- 

 nomical importance of such labors, and to warrant the hope 

 that before long they would be resumed. This was prevented 



