384 BULLETIN 109, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



A collection of something more than 3,000 lithological specimenb. 



A collection of building- stones, consisting of 100 specimens, vary- 

 ing in size from cubes 1 foot in diameter to smaller, taken from the 

 quarries and other exposures of granite, gneiss, sandstone, marble, 

 etc., in different parts of the State. 



Soils and marls, upward of 200 specimens, from different portions 

 of the State, collected primarily for analysis. 



Woods, upward of 200 specimens, consisting of boards 2 feet long, 

 1 to 2 inches thick, and of varying widths, polished, illustrative of 

 the native woods of the State. 



Fossil shells, a collection of several thousand specimens, including 

 a large number of species, mainly from the Cretaceous and Tertiary 

 deposits of the eastern portion of the State. 



Shells of forms now living — of marine, a small collection; of 

 fresh-water and land shells, a small collection of each. 



A few zoological specimens, including the skeleton of a whale 

 {Balaena mysticetus) , 05 feet long, porpoise, and a few smaller 

 animals. 



A small collection oi agricultural products and of Indian 

 antiquities. 



Library. — The librar}' of the sursey contained in 1887 about 300 

 volumes, which include general and special treatises on general and 

 applied geology, mineralogy, metallurgy, chemistry, agriculture, and 

 general natural history, and the reports of the geological and natural 

 history surveys of other States. 



Expenses. — No records of the specific expenditures of the survey 

 liave been published or jDreserved in any way, so far as discovered. 

 It may be stated, however, that the expenditure of the funds at the 

 disposal of the survey ($5,000 a year) included the payment of 

 salaries of officers and assistants, all the running expenses, and, at 

 least, in part, the cost of engraving of maps accompanying the 

 geological reports. 



The annual expenditures of the surA'ey from its organization in 1866 

 to October, 1882, the fiscal years ending September 30, is as follows: 



1866 $3, 000. 00 



1866-67 4, 000. 00 



1867-68 7, 000. 00 



1868-69 5, 004. 69 



1860-70 5, 000. 00 



1870-71 3, 750. 00 



1871-72 5, 750. 00 



1872-73 6, 750. 00 



1873-74 4, 000. 00 j 



1874-75 .5,000.00' $80,820.0.^ 



» Taken from roport of department of agriculture, the auditor's report shows an ex- 

 penditure of $1,870. 



1875-76 .$6. 000. 00 



1876-77-' .5, 000. 00 



1877-78 4, 000. 00 



1S78-79 ' 3, 246. 62 



1879-80 4, 786. 00 



1SS0-81 3. 671. 27 



1881-82 4, 314. 84 



1882-83 546. 61 



