480 BULLETIN 109, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Total amount of apprupriatiou for 1874 $7,250 



Salary of geologist $3,000 



Office and chemical supplies 300 



Wood 50 



Books and instruments 200 



Traveling expenses 2, 700 



Total 0,250 



lletmued to the treasury $1,000 



In 1875 the expenses are given by the authority mentioned, as 

 follows : 



Salary of the geologist $3,000 



Office and chemicals 500 



Traveling expenses 2, 000 



Postage 200 



Fuel 50 



Total $5,750 



At the end of this fiscal year Gov. Eichard Coke became convinced 

 that the geological survey, as conducted, V7as of no value to the State 

 and vetoed the bill for the annual appropriation. Thus the second 

 attempt at a survey was brought to an end. 



Publications. — Two reports, of 142 and 96 pages, were issued by 

 Buckle}^ under dates of 1874 and 1876, respectively. Concerning 

 their value, Mr. Dumble writes : 



I want to call especial attention to the fact that while Buckley's publica- 

 tions were crude, a careful reading shows that some definite results of value 

 were secured, among these the general lines of Tertiary-Cretaceous and Cre- 

 taceous-Carboniferous boundaries and the presence of true Miocene, the oc- 

 currence and source of the artesian water of the Cretaceous area, and the exist- 

 ence and location of some valuable minerals. 



THIRD SURVEY UNDER E. T. DUMBI.E, 1888-1892.^ 



In 1888 still a third attempt was made for a geological survey 

 under State auspices, and the foUowipig is the text of the law under 

 which the work was to be carried out : 



An act to authorize the commissiouer of agriculture, Insurance, statistics, and history to 

 have a Rcolosical and minpralogical survey made of the State of Texas, and to make 

 an appropriation therefor. 



Section 1. Be it enacted hy tJie Legislature of the State of Texas, That it 

 shall be the duty of the commissioner of agriculture, insurance, statistics, and 

 history to have a geological and mineralogical survey made of the State of 

 Texas, and for th:it purpose he shall employ such a number of competent iJer- 

 sons skilled in the science of geology and mineralogy as shall be necessary to 

 properly and expeditiously execute said work. The persons so employed shall 



' Compiled mainly from manuscript furnished by E. T. Dumble. 



