522 BULLETIX KM), UNITED STATES NATIOXAI. MUSEUIvt. 



report of the State of Wisconsin, confined maiuly to tlie lead regions, and to 

 contain not less than 450 pages ; and said volume shall embrace a chapter 

 on the general geology of the State and its relations to the geology of the tjur- 

 rounding States, with the details of tlie geology, mineralogy, and mining 

 thereof, and shall be the same size (but it shall have the number of pages 

 above stated) and in all respects as to type, paper, and binding equal to the 

 low^a geological report, with all necessary maps and illustrations. 



And said party of the second part agrees that when said copies as ^foresaid 

 are delivered as aforesaid, and duly accepted by him on behalf of the State. 

 he will pay at the rate of $3 per volume for said report by delivering to said 

 party of tlie first part, his, said governor's warrant, on the State treasurer for 

 the sum of ;?3,000, which sl)all be payment in full for all of said 1,000 reports m 

 delivered and accepted. 



It is hereby mutually and further agreed by and between said parties that 

 in case said reports do not in all respects expressly meet the requirements of 

 this contract and the law hereinafter mentioned, the said party of the second 

 part, or the State, shall be under no obligations to accept said report, nor shall 

 any liabilliy or account thereof exist against the State. 



And, lastly, that chapter 263 of tlie General Laws of Wisconsin for the year 

 1861, entitled "An act to authorize the pui'chase of 1,000 copies of the first 

 volume of the geological reports of this State " is herein referred to and made 

 a part of this agreeiiient, in imposing conditions and consequences on the party 

 of the first part, except where said law is inconsistent herewith. 



Misunderstandings continued to arise, the details of which it is 

 impossible to now ascertain and the causes of which can only be 

 surmised. The following letter gives Professor Hall's version of the 

 matter : 



Albany, October 5, 1861. 



Deau Sir: 1 iiave just now been apprised by Mr. Watson that you declin*^ 

 to pay any money on account of the geological survey. I am surprised and 

 quite unprepared for sucli a decision. Last spring I lieard something of a de- 

 termination to suspend the work, but after making inquiries I learned that there 

 had been no action and I went on as usual ; and am under engagements to pay 

 money for the field work, more than $300 being due to Mr. Hale from the Sep- 

 tember quarter's salary, and I nuist pay him nearly as much more by the 

 1st of .January.^ 



After the passage of the law relating to publication I went on preparing the 

 materials, and, as you ai'e aware, have signed a contract t^ deliver a completed 

 volume of not less than 4.W pages with maps, etc. My engagements for this 

 work are all made and the printing is going on. The maps and sections are 

 to be delivered to me on the 9th of December, and I intend to have the volumes 

 delivered in Madison on or before the 1st of Janxiary, 1862. 



I feel that the completion of this volume is of the utmost importance for 

 the credit of the survey, for those who have authorized it and those who have 

 executed It, and I feel quire sure that its publication will quiet much of the 

 complaint against the survey, and will at last show that some good work has 

 been done. 



There has been mucii labor to prepare this report for the press, and I have 

 also worked at the paleontology, and although there was no appropriation I have 



> Of this latter sum I have an agreement with Doctor Carr by which he will pay a 

 portion from his salary. 



