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continuation of the sections across Vermont antl a relief geological 

 map on the scale of 1 mile to the inch. 



No library was formed, the publications received being placed in 

 the private library of the State geologist. 



Expensc,9.—AU the funds provided by the State ^vere devoted to 

 exploration in the field and the necessary office work; $3,500 were 

 annually appropriated, but the expenditure from year to year varied. 

 The f ollov;ing figures are taken from the official books : 



September 8, 1S6S, to IVIay 31, 1869 $1, 150. 00 



June 1, 1869, to May 31, 1870 3, 879. 13 



June 1, 1870, to May 31, 1871 3, 163. 15 



June 1, 1871, to May 31, 1872 3, 296. 52 



June 1, 1872, to May 31, 3873 3,2.35.72 



June 1, 1873, to May 31, 1874 3, 463. 03 



Juni> 1, 1874, to May 31, 1875 3,500.00 



June 1, 1875, to May 31. 1876 .3,508.47 



June 1. 1876, to May 31, 1877 3, 233. 25 



June 1, 1877, to May 31, 1878 3, 750. 00 



Total .$.S2, ]99. 27 



The cost of the annual reports was intended by the law to have 

 been provided for in the appropriation for the State printer. In 

 several cases the maps engraved were erroneously charged to the 

 expense account of the survey, but this is not the case with the figures 

 given below: 



The first annual report cost $219: the second. $482.02; the third, 

 $548.78 ; the fourth, $210. The final report consisted of three volumes 

 and an atlas. The cost of printing the latter, as paid from year to 

 year, was as follows: 1874, $G85.86; 1875, $4,713.40; 1870, $790; 1877, 

 $2,571.05; 1878, $19,638.29; 1879. $5,560.57; making a total for the 

 three volumes and atlas of $33,959.17. 



The total cost of the survey, then, was: For expenses, $32,199.27; 

 publication of annuals, $1,459.80; publication of final reports, 

 $33,959.17; for maps and cases, $500. There was also appropriated 

 $200 for the completion of a relief map of the State and $300 for cases 

 in the agricultural college to hold the specimens. The building hold- 

 ing the museum cost $40,000, but contained, in addition to the mu- 

 seum, the chemical laboratories of both colleges and recitation rooms 

 for geology and natural history. For this building the State appro- 

 priated $15,000 and Dartmouth College $25,000. In addition, again, 

 a special meteorological observatory was established upon Mount 

 Washington during the winter of 1870-71, costing some $2,000, the 

 amount being obtained by private subscription. 



Puhllcatlons. — Three annual reports in pamphlet form were issued 

 of about 1.500 copies each, and 1,000 copies of the'final report. Mr. 



