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annual addition to this great treasure house. Such has been the 

 successful policy of some of the States whose experience has been 

 longer than ours; such will probably be our policy in tlic future. 



" It is a matter of great regret that the work of the legislature upon 

 tJie survey has to be reported as incomplete. The manuscript of 

 volume 3, paleontology, in still in possession of the secretary of 

 state, awaiting the decree for printing. It ought not to be allowed 

 to remain there much longer. The reports on paleontology are in- 

 dispensable to a trustworthy knowledge of geology. Ohio should 

 follow the example of New York and give reports on paleontology 

 to the world embodying the results of the explorations in this great 

 field. Volume 4 also stands on the shelf companionless, deceiving 

 the uninitiated with its illusory back. The early completion of this 

 volume is to be earnestly desired, for the plants of Oliio certainly 

 deserve some recognition." 



The whole series, incomplete though it be, stands a living monument to the 

 scientific acqiiireiuents, the fidelity and effieiencj' of tlie geolosic.-'.l corps of 

 Ohio, whose work will hold them in lasting remembrance. The State has 

 reason for pride and selt'-^ratuhuion upon the possession of such a valuable 

 eet of books. 



Expenses. — The following tables, compiled under Prof essor Orion's 

 direction, show the expenses of the various surveys from 1836 to 

 1886, inclusive : 



Expenses of Ohio State Survey, 1H36~18S6. 



