128 BULLETIN 109, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Administration. — Under this act Profs. E. W. Hilgard and F. V. 

 Hopkins were designated to undertake the work, receiving there- 

 for no compensation beyond their professional salaries. Messrs, 

 Scott Miller and J. R. Walker accompanied Professor Hilgard in 

 the capacity of assistants, while Professor Hopkins was assisted by 

 S. H. Lockett, of the same institution, who took charge more espe- 

 cially of the topographical part of the work. 



The results of Hilgard's work were discussed in an article en- 

 titled Summary of a Late Geological Reconnoissance of Louisiana, 

 published in the American Journal of Science for November, 1869, 

 and also in a more popular form in De Bovrs Review for September, 

 1869. 



From the sale of the outfit of the expedition there was obtained 

 a sum sufficient to defray the expenses of some chemical work on 

 the materials collected, which work was performed at the LTniversity 

 of Mississippi by Dr. R. H. Loughridge. 



The final report, of 44 pages, including a full discussion of tho 

 entire subject matter of the expedition, was published in 1873 at 

 New Orleans, under the auspices of the New Orleans Academy of 

 Sciences. The edition consisted of but 200 copies. 



Professor Hilgard's connection with the survey ended with the 

 publication of the report above mentioned. Professor Hopkins, 

 however, continued the work, his second annual report forming part 

 of the report of the superintendent of the State University for 1870. 

 Under his recommendation, made in the previous report, the legis- 

 lature's appropriation for the survey had been increased and some 

 compensation for their vacation work allow^ed the professors en- 

 gaged therein. The exact amount of this increase and the terms 

 in which the provision was made have not been ascertained, but the 

 total appropriation did not exceed $3,000. 



The third series of survey reports (for the year 1871), and bear- 

 ing the imprint of the Republican office, 94 Camp Street, New Or- 

 leans, 1872, likewise formed part of the report of the superintendent 

 of the State University. 



These reports terminated the publications of the State geological 

 survey of Louisiana. In 1872 there occurred political changes, as 

 a result of which the university for the time being ceased oper- 

 ations, and the facult}", who had for some time been serving without 

 pay, in consequence of the low value of the State treasury warrants, 

 dispersed. As a matter of fact, the expenses of the last survey 

 operations had been paid out of their own pockets. These expendi- 

 tures, together with their salaries for about the same time, were never 

 repaid, either by the university or the State. The collections made 



