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botany, and fossil plants, to!2etlier with a folio atlas. This sum tho 

 legislature did not see fit to grant, and the survey passed out of 

 existence simply througli lack of funds. 



Personnel. — Tlie original party that sailed from New York com- 

 prised only Prof. J. I). Whitney, director, and W. H. Brewer and 

 William Ashburner, assistant geologists. In 18G1 C. H. Hoffmann be- 

 came attached as topographer; Dr. J. G. Cooper, zoologist; and Wil- 

 liam Gabb as paleontologist. In 1862 the force was increased through 

 the volunteer services of A. Remond and the employment of W. V. 

 Wackenreuden as topographer. In 1863 it was still further in- 

 creased by the volunteer services of Clarence King and James T. 

 Gardiner, 



In 1866 there were added F. E. Brown, H. N. Bolander, C. R. 

 Brinley, A. Hartwig, A, W. Keddied, A. D. Wilson, and R, 

 d'Heureuse. In 1870 Amos Bowman, W. A. Goodyear, and Alfred 

 Craven were added to the force. 



Beginning with 1862. F. B, Meek, of Washington, undertook the 

 examination of \h^ invertebrate fossils older than the Triassic and 

 J. S, Newberry that of the fossil plants. The vertebrate fossils were 

 referred to Joseph T^eidy, of Philadelphia: the diatoms to A. M. 

 Kdwards; the mollusks to P. P. Carpenter; and the fishes to Theo- 

 dore Gill, 



Prof. S, F. Baird ultimately edited Doctor Cooper's ornithological 

 notes, while F, II. Storer and S. F. Peckham,of Boston, received small 

 allotments for chemical work on the hydrocarbons, Chester Averill 

 acted as barometric observer throughout the existence of the survey. 



Disposition of collections. — Section 1 of the act of 1860 provided 

 for the collection of specimens wdiich should be deposited " in such 

 place as shall be hereafter provided for that purpose by the legisla- 

 ture." No such provision was, however, made during the life of the 

 siirvey, although in 1863 it was — 



Re'iolvciJ, hy the assemMii, the senate concurring. That Prof, J, D, Whitney. 

 State geologist; ,Tohn Swptt, State superintendent of public instniction; and 

 J, F. Houghton, surveyor general, be, and they are hereby, constituted a board 

 of oonunissioners to report to the legislature, on or before the second Monda.v of 

 December, 1863, upon the feasibility of establishing a State university, embrac- 

 ing an agricultural college, a school of mines, and a museum (including the 

 geological collections of this State), and that said board report such facts and 

 considerations as they may deem important in connection therewith. 



In obedience to this resolution an elaborate report was submitted 

 recommending the establishment of a State polytechnic school and 

 the placing of the collections of the survey in a suitable fireproof 

 building, in whicli should be ample accommodations for displaying 

 and showing them, as well as room for a library, laboratory, and an 

 office for the sun'cy. 



