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is to take up the subject of agricultural production in other parts of 

 the country during the winter. Professor Taylor has prepared some 

 valuable maps in connection with these studies, which have proved 

 to be a source of income to the division. 



Professor B. H. Hibbard, who was formerly at Ames, Iowa, but 

 has now accepted a professorship in the University of Wisconsin, 

 has continued his study of federal land policy and expects to com- 

 plete it soon. 



The chairman examined the material of Professor Taylor and 

 Professor Hibbard during his visit to Madison in the spring of the 

 year, and discussed plans with them. 



Professor F. W. Blackmar is continuing his study of American 

 agriculture down to 1840, but has nothing finished. 



Division III. — Mining. 



Mr. E. W. Parker reports that no monographs have been published 

 since September 1, 1912. The manuscript of the chapter on the cop- 

 per-mining industry has been received from Professor L. C. Graton, 

 though he has, as a result of recent and personal investigations in 

 and around Butte, Montana, withdrawn a portion of the manuscript 

 for revision. 



The work still unfinished consists of the chapters on the iron 

 industry, the quarrying industry, chemical minerals, and mining law. 

 These chapters have, however, all been promised for the end of the 

 present calendar year. The chapter on iron mining, by Professor 

 C. K. Leith, is well advanced and some of the manuscript is com- 

 pleted. Dr. Laney has not been able to make the same satisfactory 

 progress on the quarrying industry, as he has undertaken some impor- 

 tant work to be completed through the cooperation of the Geological 

 Survey and the Bureau of Mines. He has, however, received much 

 assistance from Mrs. Laney, and will be able to furnish Mr. Parker 

 with sufficiently detailed notes to enable him to prepare his own report 

 by the time the other manuscripts are in hand. 



Division IV. — Manufactures. 



Dr. Victor S. Clark, who has been engaged for the past few years 

 in census work for the government in the Hawaiian Islands, has 

 resigned his position and returned to the United States. 



No monographs have been published or finished in this division 

 since September 1, 1912. The unfinished work is in the same state 

 of progress as a year ago, since Dr. Clark's absence and a pressure 

 of duties in connection with winding up his government work in 

 Hawaii prevented him from giving it his attention. He expects, 

 however, to give all his time to the work after September 1. 



