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6 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
In connection with the work of the Survey there is a constant 
accumulation of notes, records, photographs, manuscripts, plates 
and cuts, as well as the general correspondence of the office which 
must be cared for. The present limited office space affords no room 
for storing, filing or properly caring for these record's, nor for ex¬ 
hibiting the Survey collections of rocks, minerals, and fossils which 
should be made available to the public. 
In the present quarters there is constant danger of loss by fire. 
The Survey collections now contain some very valuable material for 
scientific purposes, particularly in regard to the early history of man 
on the American Continent. These collections cannot be duplicated 
and it is very much to be hoped that a fire-proof building including 
adequate facilities may be provided for the Survey and the other 
Scientific Departments of the State. 
TOPOGRAPHIC AND SOIL MAPS. 
Detailed topographic and soil maps of the State are very much 
needed. The topographic maps should be made on a scale of about 
an inch to the mile and should show contour lines at io-foot inter¬ 
vals of elevation. When accurately made these maps serve as a 
base for soil maps as well as for many other useful purposes, par¬ 
ticularly for road building. In the preparation of these maps co¬ 
operation may be secured by the State Geological Survey with the 
United States Geological Survey and with the United States Bu¬ 
reau of Soils, and it is very much to be hoped that an appropriation 
may be made by the Legislature to carry on the State’s part of this 
work, for which at least $5,000 per annumi should be available. 
PUBLICATIONS ISSUED BY THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
The following is a list of the publications issued, by the State 
Geological Survey since its organization : 
ANNUAL REPORTS. 
First Annual Report, 1908, 114 pp., 6 pis. 
This report contains: (1) a sketch of the geolog}' of Florida; (2) a 
chapter on mineral industries, including phosphate, kaolin or ball clay, brick¬ 
making clays, fuller’s earth, peat, lime and cement and road-making materials; 
(3) a bibliography of publications on Florida geology, with a review of the 
