12 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



shall be devoted to examinations and reports upon the value of 

 private mineral lands. Reports of this character are properly the 

 province of commercial geologists, who may be employed by the 

 owners of land for that purpose. To accomplish the best results, 

 the work of the Survey must be in accordance with definite plans 

 by which the State's resources are investigated in an orderly man- 

 ner. Only such examinations of private lands can be made as are 

 incidental to the regularly planned investigations of the Survey. 



SAMPLES SENT TO THE SURVEY FOR EXAMINATION. 



Samples of rocks, minerals and fossils will be at all times 

 gladly received, and reported upon. Attention to inquiries and 

 general correspondence are a part of the duties of the office, and 

 afford a means through which the Survey may in many ways be 

 useful to the citizens of the State. 



THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION. 



For many purposes the collection and publication of statistical 

 information is helpful, both to the industries concerned and to the 

 general public. Such statistical information is desired from all 

 the mineral industries of the State. Such information will be 

 recognized as strictly confidential, in so far as it relates to the 

 private business of any individual or company, and will be used 

 only in making up State and county totals. The co-operation of 

 the various industries of the State is invited in order that the best 

 possible showing of the State's products may be made annually. 



EXHIBITION OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIAL. 



The space available for the exhibition of geological material 

 is unfortunately as yet very limited. A part of one room is being 

 used for this purpose. Three cases have been built, designed to 

 serve the double purpose of storage and exhibition. The lower 

 parts of the case contain drawers and are used for storage. In 

 nxaking the collections a definite plan has been followed to secure a 

 representation of the rocks, minerals and fossils of each formation 

 in the State. The collection will be added to as rapidly as space 

 is provided for taking care of the material. 



