']'2 REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS AND PROJECTS. 



R. J. Holden, have devoted nearly all of their spare time to the work of this 

 history. This is particularly true of Mr. Holden. I have had to increase the 

 allotment of Professor Leith in order to have this work satisfactorily com- 

 pleted, as he had exhausted the amount of the original allotment without 

 considering any compensation for himself or Mr. Holden. Professor Leith 

 is hoping that he may be able to complete the work during the present calen- 

 dar year. 



The copper-mining industry: Mr. L. C. Graton has not been able to report 

 much progress during the year, except that he has nearly completed some 

 other work which had precedence over the work for the Institution. How- 

 ever, he has promise of securing an important mass of material on the history 

 of the copper industry, which has already been prepared by Dr. James Doug- 

 las, that has never been published. Mr. Graton's work is in such shape that 

 he has not been able to prepare a definite plan of treatment. 



The quarrying industry: Mr. F. B. Laney reports that the work on the 

 quarrying industry is fairly well done, the literature has been carefully can- 

 vassed, and an outline of the latter work has been made and some parts have 

 been written. At the present time, however, there is little more than a lot of 

 fairly well classified notes, which along some lines are reasonably complete, 

 but along others are rather meager. The time which Mr. Laney has at his 

 disposal is limited, and he advises me that he will be compelled to employ 

 some clerical assistance. He tells me that with the help of a good assistant 

 for two or three months during this winter he can deliver an official report 

 by March 191 2. To do this, however, will require some additional money, 

 and I have promised Mr. Laney that, if possible to secure it, an additional 

 allotment would be made to him. He will need at least $250 in order to 

 complete the work. All the money that Mr. Laney has received so far has 

 gone for actual expenses and for clerical help. He has not received any 

 compensation on his own account. 



Mining lazv: Mr. William E. Colby, of San Francisco, hopes to have his 

 chapters on the history of the origin, growth, and development of mining 

 law in the United States completed by the end of the present calendar year. 



Division IV.— MANUFACTURES. 



Dr. Victor S. Clark is still engaged in census work in the Hawaiian Islands, 

 but has taken what time he could for the work of his division, having had 

 his accumulated material shipped to Honolulu. He has been at work upon 

 the first volume on manufactures, and he says regarding it : 



All the work done in this division has been done by me personally, and in 

 my very limited morning hours before going to the office, and with frequent 

 interruptions, one of them of nearly three months in Mexico and Cuba. 



Division V.— TRANSPORTATION. 



Prof. B. H. Meyer has employed as his assistant during the year Miss 

 C. E. MacGill, and she has been engaged in digesting the material already 

 collected. The work of the Interstate Commerce Commission required his 

 attention during the winter, but he has been at work during the vacation 

 upon the revision of his report. Professor Meyer writes : 



