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Division III.— MINING. 



No monographs have been published since the last report was made nor 

 have any completed manuscripts been received. Mr. E. W. Parker reports, 

 however, that good progress is being made in the following subjects : 



The iron-ore industry: Prof. C. K. Leith and his assistant, Mr. R. J. 

 Holden. A large part of the manuscript has already been written. 



The copper-mining industry: Mr. L. C. Graton has been fortunate enough 

 to secure from Dr. James Douglas, one of the highest authorities on the 

 history of mining and metallurgical copper in the world, his unpublished 

 manuscript on the history of the copper industry. He has also secured the 

 services of Mr. Joseph Murdoch, of Allston, Massachusetts, and it is prob- 

 able that certain chapters will appear under the joint authorship of Dr. 

 Douglas and Mr. Graton. 



The quarrying industry: Dr. F. B. Laney's work with the U. S. Geo- 

 logical Survey has prevented him from giving as much time as expected to 

 the completion of his report, but he has made considerable progress with 

 the assistance of Mrs. Laney. 



Mining law: Mr. William E. Colby has almost finished this section, and 

 is now giving it the finishing touches. 



It is expected that all of the above subjects will be completed by the first 

 of the new year, and Mr. Parker expects a leave of absence from the U. S. 

 Geological Survey in order to enable him to complete the work of the 

 division. 



Division IV.— MANUFACTURES. 



Dr. Victor S. Clark is still prevented by official duties from devoting more 

 than a small share of his time to the work of this division, having been called 

 from Honolulu to do some work for the government in Japan and Man- 

 churia and then in Europe. His report, dated August 30, 1912, was written 

 in St. Petersburg. No monographs have been completed or published during 

 the past year, but Dr. Clark has made some progress in assembling his notes. 



Division V.— TRANSPORTATION. 



Dr. B. H. Meyer is obliged to devote most of his time to the work of the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington. Miss MacGill has, how- 

 ever, been making good progress during the past year in work upon his first 

 volume, and Dr. Meyer has recently engaged Dr. Herman A. Brauer to 

 assist her. There is, therefore, a fair prospect that one volume will be 

 completed very soon. 



Division VI.— DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMMERCE. 



Since the last report a monograph, "A History of New England Fish- 

 eries," pp. 457, by Raymond McFarland, has been published. This is in- 

 cluded among the publications of the University of Pennsylvania. 



