Central Connecticut in Geologic Time: by J. Barrell. 

 Check List of the Insects of Connecticut: by W. E. Britton. 

 Glacial Geology of the New Haven Region: by F. Ward. 

 The Bacteria of the Fresh Waters of Connecticut: by H. W. Conn 

 and L. R. Potter. 



While it is believed that the work already done or in progress 

 furnishes ample justification of the appropriations which have 

 been made, this work is only a beginning of what the State 

 Survey should accomplish. The geological study of a large 

 part of the area of the state has been little more than a recon- 

 noissance. There is call for a great deal of detailed study, 

 especially in regard to surface geology. A series of guide- 

 books to interesting geological localities in various parts of the 

 state would be of great utility especially to teachers. A report 

 on the mineralogy of the state would be very useful. The 

 relation of the physical geography of the state to its social, 

 political, and industrial history might well be the subject of a 

 bulletin, or a series of bulletins. While the botany of the 

 flowering plants and some of the higher groups of flowerless 

 plants has been pretty thoroughly studied, much work remains 

 to be done on a number of the lower classes of flowerless plants. 

 The animals of the fresh waters and the salt waters of the 

 state should form the subject of a long series of bulletins. 

 Two important orders of insects have been treated in bulletins, 

 one of which is in press and the other of which has been 

 accepted for publication. But a number of other orders of 

 insects remain to be treated, including many forms of great 

 economic importance. 



However important may be the plans of work above indicated, 

 it is deemed wise that they should be postponed for the present, 

 in order that the investigation of the water resources may be 

 pushed forward as speedily as possible. The sooner this water 

 investigation can be completed, the greater will be its utility. 

 The United States Geological Survey is willing to continue the 

 cooperative arrangement which has existed for the past two 

 years. It is practically certain that the United States Geologi- 

 cal Survey will be able to make at least as large an appropria- 

 tion for the next two years as for the past two years. There 

 is reason to hope that the United States Geological Survey will 

 be willing to allot to Connecticut a somewhat larger sum if the 

 state will duplicate it. We, accordingly, earnestly petition 

 the General Assembly to appropriate for the ensuing biennial 

 term one thousand dollars ($1,000) for administrative and mis- 

 cellaneous expenses, and thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500), 

 or such part of that sum as the United States Geological 

 Survey may be able to duplicate, for cooperative work in the 

 investigation of water supplies. 



The amendment of the law in regard to the printing of public 

 documents, adopted by the General Assembly of 191 1, renders 

 unnecessary any special appropriation for publication for the 

 ensuing biennial term. 



