ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT II 



ditional space becomes available. The collection of fossils and 

 minerals will be added to as rapidly as they can be properly cared 

 for. 



LIBRARY. 



The Survey library now contains several thousand volumes, 

 and is a fairly complete reference library for our purposes. Many 

 volumes, particularly those of foreign Geological Surveys, are 

 stored elsewhere temporarily owing to an insufficient number of 

 bookcases to accommodate them in the library. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



CLAY TESTING LABORATORY. 



The clays of Florida should be investigated and reported upon. 

 As is shown by the number of requests, demand for information 

 on the properties of the clays of the State is increasing. The phys- 

 ical property of a clay can only be determined by proper clay 

 testing machinery, with which the Geological Survey is not equip- 

 ped. A clay testing laboratory should be installed so that a 

 thorough, systematic investigation of the clays of the State could 

 be made. At present space in which to install clay testing machinery 

 is not available and the State Survey cannot make tests of clays 

 until adequate provisions are made. 



MEASUREMENTS OF STREAMS AND SPRINGS. 



The water powers of the State should receive attention. A 

 systematic study of these requires a knowledge of the drainage 

 systems, which in instances are quite complicated. Gauges should 

 be installed on the more promising rivers and streams and records 

 should cover a sufficient period of time to give accurate data for 

 seasonal variations of flow. 



Likewise, the springs of the State should be gauged. In 

 Florida are found the largest springs in the world, and estimates 

 of flow from these should be available. Estimates of the volume 

 of flow from many of these, particularly the larger ones, have 

 been made at different times but it would be of considerable inter- 



