REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 93 



resources and classification of the lands, and reports upon general and 

 economic geology and ])aleontology. The annual report of operations 

 of the Geological Survey shall accompany the anmuil rejjort of the Sec- 

 rotary of the Interior, All special inen)()irs and reports of said survey 

 shall be issued in unilbrm (puirto series if deemed necessary by the Di- 

 rector, but otherwise in ordinary octavos. Three thousand co[)ies of 

 each shall be ))ul)lished for scientific exchanges and ibr sale at the price 

 of publication ; and all literary and cartographic materials icceived in 

 exchange shall be the projjcrty of the United States, and form a part of 

 the library of the organization : And the money resulting from the sale 

 of such publications shall be covered into the Treasury of the United 

 States." 



On July 7, 1882, the following joint resolution, referring to all Gov- 

 ernment publications, was passed by Congress : 



" That whenever any document or report shall be ordered printed by 

 Congress,- there shall be printed, in addition to the number in each case 

 stated, the 'usual number' [1,900] of copies for binding and distribu- 

 tion among those entitled to receive them." 



Under these general laws it will be seen that none of the Survey pub- 

 lications are furnished to it for gratuitous distribution. The 3,000 copies 

 of the annual report are distributed through the docuuient rooms of 

 Congress. The 1,900 copies of each of the publications are distributed 

 to the of&cers of the legislative and executive departments, and to stated 

 depositories throughout the United States. 



Except, therefore, in those cases where an extra number of any i)ub- 

 licatiou is supplied to this oftice by special resolution of Congress, as 

 has been done in the case of the second, third, fourth, and fifth annual 

 reports, or where a number has been orvlered for its use by the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, as in the case oi Mineral Resources, and Dictionary 

 of Altitudes, the Survey has no copies of any of its publications for gra- 

 tuitous distribution. The gratuitous edition of the Mineral Resources 

 is entirely exhausted. 



ANNUAL RKPORTS. 



Of the Anmial Reports there have been already published : 



I. First Anuual Report to the Hon. Carl Schurz, by Clarence King. 1880. 8°. 79 

 PI). 1 map. — A preliminary report describing plan of organization and publications. 



II. Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey for 1880-'81, by 

 J. W. Powell. 1882. 8°. Iv, 558 pp. 61 pi. 1 map. 



HI. Third Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1881-'8-2, by J. 

 W. Powell. 1883. 8"^. xviii, 5G4 pp. 67 pi. and maps. 



IV, Fourth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1882-'83, by J. 

 W. Powell. 1884, 8^. xii, 473 pp. 85 pi. and maps. 



The edition of the Fourth Annual for the use of the Survey has not yet been deliv- 

 ered. The Fifth Anuual is in press. 



MONOGRAPHS. 



Of the Monographs, Nos. II, III, IV, V, ~/I, and VII are now published, viz: 



II. Tertiary History of the Grand Cauou District, with atlas, by Clarence E. Dut- 



ton, captain, U. S. A. 1882, 4°. 264 pp. 42 pi. and atlas of 26 double sheitts folio. 



Price §10.12, 



