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that? — I think not in most cases. Then there are higher 

 schools in the cities, and technical schools. Congress, a few 

 years ago, devoted a certain number of lots of land from 

 the public domain to found in each State an agricultural 

 college, and this land was sold, and the proceeds applied to 

 found and support those colleges. 



1435. Are there any State scholarships in science which 

 are open to students in those schools ? — No. 



1436. Nor, I presume, any national scholarships ? — No. 



1437. Are there no national examinations of science in 

 America corresponding to those which we have in connec- 

 tion with the Science and Art Department in this coun- 

 try ? — Not that I know of. This would all belong to the 

 States. 



1438. Do the States vote any sums for original scientific 

 research ? — Yes ; almost every State has made an appropria- 

 tion for geological investigation. 



1439. Is that with reference to the geological survey, or 

 with reference to independent geological research ? — For 

 geological survey generally; and the General Government 

 makes almost every year an appropriation for the same 

 purpose. 



1440. In what way are the expenses of the geological sur- 

 vey divided between the State governments and the General 

 Government of the United States ? — The General Govern- 

 ment makes appropriations for the survey of the public 

 domain ; that is, of the land that belongs to the United 

 States which has not been yet formed into States. 



1441. As soon as any Territory is formed into a State, the 

 geological survey, if I understand you rightly, falls under 

 the supervision of that State, and is not carried on by the 

 General Government? — That is so. 



1442. Independently of the geological survey, are there 

 any sums voted for original scientific research? — No other 

 than those connected with the geological survey, and the 

 survey of the coast of the United States. 



1443. Simply those that have direct practical utility? — 

 Yes, and there is a small sum generally every year voted 

 for experiments for light-houses, and the several kinds of 

 lighting material, improvements in lamps and lenses, fog 

 signals, and so on ; and I may also mention the appropria- 

 tion of an annual sum for the maintenance of a National 

 Observatory, which is under the direction of the Navy De- 

 partment. 



1444. Then there is no annual sum put aside by the Gen- 

 eral Government of the United States, corresponding to the 



