9C NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF 



latitude from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean, by Lieut. A.W. 

 Whipple, corps of topographical engineers, made July 31, 1854. 8vo., 

 pp.154. 



Report of Explorations for that portion of a Railway Route near the 

 32d parallel of latitude, lying between Doila Ana on the Rio Grande, 

 and the Pima village on the Gila, by Lieut. Jno. G. Parke, U. S. A., 

 of corps topographical engineers. Made August 22, 1854. 8vo., pp. 32. 



The above are all the railroad reports published in 1854, the re- 

 mainder not being finished till 1855. The maps accompanying the re- 

 ports were not finished in 1854. 



B — Private reports. 



Dr. E. K. Kane, U. S. N. — The United States Grinnell Expedition 

 in search of Sir John Franklin. A personal narrative. By Elisha 

 Kent Kane, M. D., U. S. N. New York : Harper and Bros. 1 vol., 

 8vo. 1853. 



Jol/u R. Bartlett. — Personal narrative of Explorations and Incidents in 

 Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, connected with 

 the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission in 1850-'53. By 

 John Russell Bartlett, United States Commissioner during that period; 

 with maps and illustrations. 2 vols., 8vo., 1854. New York: D. Ap- 

 ple ton & Co. 



G. H. Heap. — Central route to the Pacific, from the valley of the 

 Mississippi to California. Journal of the expedition of E. F. Beale, Su- 

 perintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and G winn Harris Heap, from 

 Missouri to California, in 1853. By Gwinn Harris Heap. Philadel- 

 phia : Lippincott, Grambo, & Co. 1 vol., 8vo. 1854. With map and 

 illustrations. 



Licnt^J. G. Strain, U. S. N. — Report of theDarien expedition. Har- 

 per's JMagazine for March, April, and May, 1855. 



REPORTS ORDERED BY CONGRESS, AND TO BE PUBLISHED. 



Lieut. J. M. Gilliss, U. S. N. — Report of the United States naval 

 astronomical expedition in Chile. This report will occupy several vol- 

 umes quarto, and contain much matter on the natural history of the 

 countr}'. 



Commodore M. C Perry, U. S. N. — Report of the Japan expedition. 



Captain C. Ringgold, U. S. N. — Report of the Expedition for the ex- 

 ploration of the China seas and Behring's straits. 



Reports of the several parties for survey of railroad routes from the 

 Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean. These will embrace the govern- 

 ment expeditions under Gov. I. I. Stevens, Lieut. A. W. Whipple, 

 Lieut. E. G. Beckwith, Lieut. R. S. Wilhamson, Lieut. J. G. Parke 

 and Capt. J. Pope, with the private ones of Col. J. C. Fremont and 

 Mr. Lander. 



A. B. Gray. — Report and map of surveys in New Mexico, &c. 



Professor A. D. Bache. — Report of the superintendent of the United 

 States Coast Survey during the year 1854. 



H. R Schoolcraft, LL. D.— History and Statistics of the Indian 



