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therpfor I .should he powerless to institute such an uiKlertaking hut for the 

 liberii! ofier of Dr. T. Kost to make such survej^ free of all cost to the State, 

 provided thr.t he be furnished with transportation for himself and one assistant 

 for the purpose, I have cheerfully accepted Doctor Kost's generous proposition. 

 and respec;tfully bespeak for him such facilities and cooperation from the trans- 

 portation lines of the State and from tlie people as it may be in tlieir power to 

 extend to liim. All such courtesies M-ill be highly appreciated. 

 Respectfully, 



E. A. Peruy, Governor. 



It is evident that Kost's services were wholly gratuitous, although 

 the writer is informed that certain sums were paid for freight and 

 labor on collections intended for museum materials. The records 

 however, show no payment for geological work.^ 



Kost made one report, entitled h^ii-st Ecport of the Geological 

 Survey of Florida. This was issued in 1887, and was in form of a 

 pamphlet of 31 pages, but contained little of value. In May, 1889, 

 the following resolution was passed by the State assembly, but with 

 no appreciable effect : 



Joint resolution luemoiiallsiing Congretjs for a continuation of the geological survey of the 



Slate of Florida. 



W.'liereas tlie work done by the United States geologist in the State of Florida 

 has shown surprising pronii.se in value, in the truthful, instructive, and necessary 

 information concerning the geology of our State: and 



Whereas the work has been discontinued ; therefore — 



Be it resolved hy the leglslaiure of the State of Florida, That we deem it of 

 the greatest importance to our State that such surveys should be continued to 

 completion: to that end our Senators and Representatives in Congress be and 

 they are hereby requested to use all effort to procure the immediate resuming 

 .•md continuance of said work, and for tliat ])urpose Congress is hereby me- 

 morialized. 



Apin-oved Mav 7, 18S!>. 



GEOKGIA. 



FIRST GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNDER JOIIX R. COTTING, 1836-1810. 



With a view to attracting the attention of the legislature to the 

 importance of a geological and agricultural survey of the State " the 

 patriotic citizens of Burke and Richniond Counties, at theh" own in- 

 dividual expense,'' in 1835 directed John Iluggles Cotting 



to make a geological and agricultural .survey of their respective counties; to 

 examine all localities of limestone, marls, and other minerals useful in agricul- 

 ture and the arts; also rocks that may be proper for the purposes of architec- 

 ture, the construf'tiou of roads, railways, etc.; to examine the water of springs 

 and wells with regard to the salubrity or nonsalubrity of the same: to analyze 

 the soil on difl'erent i»lantalions in the two counties with a view to their ini- 

 Iirovenient ; to illustrate the whole by drawings, diagrams, and a chart of tlie 

 two counties, and to present a report of the same to his excellency the governor. 



» I am indebted to State Geologist K. II. Rellards for the above information. 



