312 BULLETIN 10S>, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



of Sussex, Morris, Salem, Monmouth, Hudson, Warren, Cape May, 

 Cumberland, and Atlantic. The surveys of Sussex and Cape May 

 were completed and the maps drawn, and good progress had been 

 made in several other of the counties. 



In the southern division geological work was continued in tracing 

 out and describing the subdivisions of the gi'eensand marl beds and 

 the Cumberland marls, in studying the geological structure of the beds 

 of fire and potters' clay, and the geology of the formations on the sea- 

 shore and on Delaware Baj^ with the evidences of recent change and 

 subsidence. Chemical examinations of the marls, clays, and other 

 substances were given, with much matter relating to the agriculture of 

 the country. 



In the northern division a detailed statement of the physical geog- 

 raphy of the country was given, with its mountains, vallej'S, lakes, 

 rivers, and then a summary of its geology, its rocks, minerals, and 

 ores. Numerous local details of mines were also given, and with it the 

 work of Doctor Wurtz isincluded, where the latter describes minutely 

 the composition of the rocks in the mine walls and the ores them- 

 selves. 



This report was received with much interest, and was printed and 

 widely circulated. The appropriation of $25,000 was made at the be- 

 ginning of the year for the work of 1856, and for the expenses of en- 

 graving the maps of Sussex and Cape May, and printing 1,000 copies 

 of the report and map of Sussex, and 500 copies of the report and map 

 of Cape May. Provision was also made for the distribution of copies 

 to various bodies of persons, amounting to 200 or more, and the rest 

 were to be sold at $3 a copy for that of Sussex and $2 for that of 

 Cape May. 



As previously noted, however, the State funds were not available 

 for the sum appropriated, and the work was greatly diminished in 

 its extent and some portions entirely suspended. The limited amount 

 of work which was done was by those in the service who were willing 

 to go on at their own charge and trust to the succeeding legislature to 

 provide tlic means for reimbursing them. 



The report for the year 1856 was made to Governor Price at the 

 close of his term of office. 



This report was printed as an octavo of 79 pages, and contains an 

 account of the work done in the geology of the northern and southern 

 divisions of the State, and in its topographical survey. It was also 

 accompanied by a catalogue of plants of Monmouth and Ocean 

 Counties, by Dr. P. D. Knieskern, of Shark River. 



Doctor Kitchell reported that detailed surveys of the geology, scien- 

 tific and economic, were about completed for the counties of Sussex 



