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history of mining legislation. Undoubtedly this work is practically 

 in existence through ithe history already published by Mr. Curtis 

 Linde, of San Francisco, and probably a condensation of Mr. Linde's 

 work will be ample for the purposes of this department. 



Division 4. Manufactures. 



Hon. S. N. D. North, Director of the Census, in charge of this 

 division, was delayed some months in taking up active work, but he 

 reports that substantial and satisfactory progress has resulted from 

 his labors during the past summer. He has secured the cooperation 

 of a number of gentlemen whose qualifications for participating in 

 the work under 'his charge are of the 'highest order, and who will 

 come into it with an interest and an enthusiasm essential to the best 

 results. 



Prof. W. P. Patterson, of the University of Iowa, is engaged to 

 make a study of the natural resources of the country in their economic 

 relation to manufactures, and of national characteristics. 



Prof. G. D. Luetscher, of George School, Pennsylvania, will pre- 

 pare that portion of the econoinic history wihich relates to the 

 economic influence of legislation in the development of American 

 manufactures. This study will cover legislation in both the colonial 

 and the subsequent periods of our history. 



Dr. U. B. Phillips, of the University of Wisconsin, in collaboration 

 with Dr. Charles McCarthy, will prepare that section of our history 

 which will deal with the economic influence of slavery on the develop- 

 ment of manufactures in the Southern States. 



Prof. Henry R. Mussey, of the School of Commerce of New York 

 University, is studying the history of iron and steel manufacture, 

 including both colonial and subsequent periods. He has been at work 

 during the summer, and has entirely completed his researches in 

 respect to the colonial period. 



Prof. M. B. Hammond, now of the University of Ohio, has charge 

 of the chapter relating to the 'history of cotton manufacture. Mr. 

 North considers himself fortunate in securing for Carnegie Institu- 

 tion the services of Professor Hammond. 



Other gentlemen will take up specific chapters relating to the 

 economic development of special industries. 



Division 5. Transportation. 



Prof. William Z. Ripley, of Harvard University, is in charge of 

 this division. He reports that Dr. U. B. Phillips, of Wisconsin, has 



