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fill attempt to reclaim the land and promote sanitary and 

 economic improvements. 



To the present there have been distributed eight bulletins 

 and four circulars. They include data of general geology, 

 petroleum, coal, water resources and miscellaneous subjects, 

 and the first of a series of educational bulletins on physical 

 geography which are designed especially to meet the needs 

 of teachers in our public schools. There are at the present 

 time seven reports ready for the printer, besides others in 

 preparation. 



At the last meeting of the Academy a committee was ap- 

 pointed, I believe, to provide a means of cooperation in the 

 collection of records of deep wells in the state. The Survey 

 has organized a new line of research involving the study of 

 underground water resources. This requires the collection 

 and study of drill records, and where possible the study also 

 of the drillings themselves and of the outcropping beds. 

 Members of the Academy can render our work much more 

 efficient, if they will bring to our attention any drilling which 

 may be done for water, coal, or for other purposes throughout 

 the State, and cooperation along this line is urgently requested. 



