REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY 

 FOR THE YEAR 1901-2. 



By George 1*. Mekriij-, 

 Head ('uraior. 



The year that has passed, though characterized by no sin<;l(> excnt 

 of great importance, has, nevertheless, l)een one of steady [)rogr(>ss 

 along lines essential to good administration. More has prol)a})ly Ixmmi 

 accomplished in the way of sj'stematizing and completing the recoi'ds 

 of the collections than in an}"- single year in the history of the Depart- 

 ment. Changes of importance in the personnel have occurred, iiiv()i\'- 

 ing the resignation of Dr. Peter Fireman, on the !»tli of September; 

 the furloughing of Mr. John W. Coleman, preparator in tlu^ Section 

 of Vertebrate Paleontology; the appointment of ]\Ir. R. S. lUissler, 

 preparator in the Section of Invertebrate Paleontology, and the 

 appointment of ]\lr. W. C. Phalen as aid in the Division of Ceology. 

 The resignations and furloughs, it should be stated, were voluntary, 

 Dr. Fireman retiring to accept a more lucrative position elsinvhere, 

 and Mr. Coleman accepting temporary emplo^aiient in ]\Iexico on 

 account of the condition of his health. Temporary services have 

 been rendered by ]\Iiss Moody and Miss Youte. 



ACCESSIONS. 



The total nund)er of acc(>ssions received by the \arious divisions of 

 the Department is shown in tal)ular form below. 



For purposes of comparison those for the years lSi>!>-li»Oi» and 

 1900-1901 are also oiven. 



Divisions 



Geology 



Mineralogy 



Vertc'l)rato I'aleontology 



luvcrtebnito Paleontology 



Paleobotany 



From this it might appear that there has been a stinidy falling off in 

 the amount of material received. The discrepancy is, howe\'er. largely 

 apparent. With the gradual increase in the size and degrcM' of com- 

 pleteness of the collections we are enabled to exercise more and more 



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