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Financial statement for 1S69 — Continued. 



Appropriation for Lower Peninsula $4,000.00 



Salary of director, eight months, to Dec. 31 $1,000.00 



Salary of N. H. Winchell. six months, to Dec. 31 500.00 



Salary of M. W. Harrington, five and one-third months.. 222.22 



Salary of E. A. Strong 100.00 



Salary of A. S. V/adsworth, G2 days 243. 00 



Salary of J. H. Emerton, two and two-third months, to 



Dec. 31 408.00 



Laborers 2()0. 25 



Sundries to Dec. 20 775. 00 



Permanent outlay (still on hand) 135.00 



Further expenses belonging to this year (approximately) 40. 00 



Total approximate expeiuiitures $3,088.47 



Balance to nest year (approximately) 311.53 



$4, 000. 00 



THE GEOLOGICAL SUKVEY IN 18T0. 



On Marcli 31, 1870, a meeting of the geolo<2;ic{il board was held 

 in Detroit, at vrhich the director explained his proposed plan of 

 operations for the season. It consisted of the following featnres: 



1. A survey of the Peninsula west of St. Mary River in the Upper 

 Peninsula, by A. S. Wadsworth. 



2. A survey of the coast of the Upper Peninsula from Point Seul 

 Choix westward to Escanaba, by N. H. Winchell. A rendezvous to 

 be made at Charlevoix about May 15. 



3. Completion of the survey of the Thunder Bay region, by N. H. 

 Winchell. Survey to begin September 1. 



4. Collection of statistics of the fisheries, the forest and its prod- 

 ucts, from Cheboygan along the coast to St. Clair, by Charles B. 

 Headley, at a cost of $125. 



5. Collection of statistics of salt, with investigations and discus- 

 sions, by S. S. Garrigues. Expense not to exceed $100. 



6. Survey of Higgins and Houghton Lakes and the valley of the 

 Muskegon Piver, by A. O. Currier. Expense not to exceed $150. 



7. Collection of statistics of fruit production in Berrien, Van 

 Buren, Allegan, Ottawa, Muskegon, Oceana, and Mason counties, 

 by PI. S. Clubb. Traveling expenses onl}^ to be paid. (A later 

 agreement embraced the whole western shore of the State and in- 

 volved an expenditure of $100.) 



8. Collection of statistics of fruit in Manistee County, by Judge 

 J. G. Ramsdell. 



9. Collection of statistics of fruit, lumber, the forest, and fisheries 

 from Manistee County to Duncan, by A, S. Wadsworth. Expense, 

 $3 a day. 



