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The field work of the corps continued throughout the season of 

 1873. 



Publication of Third Annual Report and volume ^ of the final 

 report. — The annual message of 1874 announced that the field work 

 of the surve}' had been compicted, and a large amount of material 

 collected for future volumes. With the utmost industry it was found 

 impossible to finish the text for publication. Material for two vol- 

 umes would be ready by the expiration of the time for which the 

 geological corps was appointed. Inasmuch as the original plan con- 

 templated two additional volumes — one on economic geology and the 

 other devoted to zoology, botany, and agriculture, and as a general 

 geological map should accompany the printed volumes, two years 

 more time at an expense of $10,000 a year would be revquired to com- 

 plete the whole in a commendable manner. The governor therefore 

 recommended that an appropriation be made for the immediate pub- 

 lication of two volumes, and that $10,000 be added for the continu- 

 ation of the work another year, and urged that in view of its im- 

 portance and the widespread commendation it had elicited, it would 

 be an unwarrantable waste of time and money if the nuiterial already 

 prepared should not be utilized. 



The general assembly responded by appropriating $G0,000 for the 

 publication of volume 2 of the Final Eeport and $1,000 for deficiencies 

 in the salaries. That bod}' further gave control of all maps, plates, 

 and charts used in any report of the survey to the secretary of state. 

 At the same time the fossils and minerals in charge of the State libra- 

 rian were handed over to the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical 

 College. 



Provision was made for the publication of 20,000 copies of volume 

 2, with all accompanying maps, plates, and sections, and for the dis- 

 tribution of the work. The number of copies to be printed in German 

 was left to be decided by those con(;erned in the distribution of the 

 volumes. Care was taken that the mistakes of the first volume should 

 not be repeated. The secretar}' of state was empowered to purchase 

 good paper, but when it was delivered it was found to be far inferior 

 to the samples and was rejected. The authorities had to choose be- 

 tween a delay of several months and the use of the inferior paper for 

 part 1 on geology. They chose the latter course. The result is that 

 part 1 of volume 2 is uniform in size and style with part 1 of volume 

 1, while part 2 of both voliunes correspond in style and in size. 



Expenses. — The expenses of the survey during 1874 were $16,976.14. 



Publication of volume 3 of fnal report. — In the year 1875 an ap- 

 propriation of $7,000 was made for preparing volume 3, Geology, for 

 publication under the direction of the former chief geologist, J. S. 

 Newberry ; an<l for printing, binding, and publishing 20,000 copies 



