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T'wenty-fourth annual report of the Director of the United States Geolog- 

 ical Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1902-3, C. I>. Walcott {Ann. 

 Rpt. V. S. (leol. Survey, 24 {1902-3), pp. 302, pis. 26).— This report explains the 

 organizatiou of the bureau and outlines the work of the year in its various branches. 



"The Survey as now organized is divided into five branches, the geologic, topo- 

 graphic, hydrographic, publication, and administrative. The geologic branch includes 

 the divii^ions of geolog}', and paleontology, of mining and mineral resources, and of 

 j)hysics and chemistry." The topographic branch includes divisions of topography 

 and geography and forestry. The hydrographic ])ranch includes "the work of the 

 division of hydrography and also that of the reclamation service, organized to carry 

 on the surveys and examinations authorized by the reclamation law. The proceeds 

 of the sale of public lands in the Western States and Territories, which were set aside 

 to create a fund for this purpose, amount to between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 a 

 year. ... A division of hydrology has also been added to the hydrographic branch, 

 the purpose of which is to study geologic conditions governing the occurrence of 

 underground waters. Another feature of this branch is the division of hydro- 

 economics, of which the chief raison d'etre is the investigation of the quality of 

 water and its effect on various industries." 



Foreign trade in farm and forest products, 1903, G. K. Holmes ( U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Bureau of Statixtics Circ. 13, pp. 20). — The total value of the imports of farm 

 products during 1903 was $456,199,325 and of the exports, $878,479,451. The imports 

 of the forest products amounted to $71,478,022 and the exports to $58,281,124; 



Wine statistics of Switzerland, 1902 {Landw. Jahrb. Schiveiz, 17 {1903), No. 

 9, pp. 443-541). — This is the third report of this character, and consists of statistical 

 (lata relating to the wine industry in the different cantons of Switzerland, and 

 analyses of over 700 samples. 



Accessions to the Department Library, 1903 {U. S. Dept. Agr., Library 

 Bids. 4G, pp. 67; 47, pp. 56; 4S, pp. 45; 4^', pp- 64)- 



