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Professor Sliepard, to whom was assigned the economical and 

 luineralogical part of the work, submitted his report to the legis- 

 lature of 18e37. This gaA'e rise to the following: 



Rc/iorl of the committee on the geologiccbl survcii. 



The joint coimnitlco on the geolo^'ical and uiineralogical survey of the Suite, 

 to whom was refei-red the speclnl message of tlie governor and the accompany- 

 ing papers rehitiug to the mineralogical department of said survey, having had 

 the same under their consideration, report: 



Tiiat rrofessor Shenard has brought his examination into the mineralogy of 

 llie State to a close and the results of his labors have been before us in a highly 

 interesting and valuable report. This report, embracuig the statistics of all our 

 I)resent mineral resources, the condition of our mines, quarries, and diggings of 

 every description, jind suggestions as to the most profitable manner of working 

 them both to the proprietors and the public, all of which are capable of imme- 

 dinte application, your committee recommend shovdd be immediately published. 

 This report will attract |)ub]ic attention to the mineral wealth of the State, 

 which is showni to be most abundant, and only stands in need of capital and 

 enterprise to be profitably developetl. It will apprise landed proprietors of re- 

 sources of \\hlch in many instances they are now ignorant, and in others will 

 afford them iufoi-mation how to turn to increased account such as they already 

 know to exist. It teaches what things may be expected in certain districts of 

 the State, points out the mode of senrcliing for thcin. and tlie way to identify 

 them when found. 



Another consideration wiiicli should delei-mine its immediate publication is, 

 that it may rec-eive the supervision of Professor Shepard while passing through 

 the press — a supervision altogether necessary from the nature of the subjects 

 treated of, and wliicli it may not l)e in his power to extend after this summer. 

 For this reason, too, your c(jmmittee recommend its being published at New 

 Haven, where Professor Shepard resides, and where publishers are more accus- 

 tomed to this kind of work than elsewhere in the State. 



Tlie document will constitute an octavo volume, or pamphlet, of 150 pages, 

 and if published in the style in which these surveys are done in other States 

 Avill cost about 25 cents a copy. Your committee, therefore, recommend an 

 appropriation of a sum of money not exceeding $500, or such less sum as his 

 excellency the governor may contract for, for the publication of 2,000 copies. 

 T'hat of this number tlie govei-nor i)o authorized to distribute copies in the 

 following maimer : 



Two copies to the Library of Congress ; two copies to the governor of every 

 State in the T'nion; two copies to the library of Yale College of Washiugt<in 

 College, and of the Wesleyan University of this State, and to each of the State 

 officers ; one copy to each of the judges of the supreme court ; one copy to each 

 of the judges of the county court and to each probate judge of this State, who 

 are not members of this legislature; one copy to each member of the two houses 

 of the present legislature; one copy to the town clerk of very town in the State: 

 50 copies to remain at the disposal of Professor Shepard, and the same number 

 at the disposal of his excellency the governor. And the governor is further 

 authorized to furnish any bookseller such number of copies, to be disposed of 

 on such terms as his excellency may deem proper, for the benefit of the State. 

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