﻿APPENDIX. 
  359 
  

  

  These 
  can 
  all 
  be 
  perfected, 
  and 
  the 
  report 
  be 
  revised 
  

   by 
  the 
  State 
  Geologist, 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  printed. 
  

  

  I 
  accompany 
  the 
  report 
  with 
  the 
  letter 
  of 
  the 
  Presi- 
  

   dent 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees, 
  of 
  the 
  University, 
  sub- 
  

   mitting 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  Governor. 
  

  

  JOHN 
  J. 
  McRAE. 
  

  

  C. 
  

   REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMITTEE 
  OF 
  THE 
  SENATE. 
  

  

  January 
  20, 
  1854. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Senate. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Cobb, 
  from 
  a 
  Select 
  Committee, 
  made 
  the 
  following 
  

   report 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mr. 
  President 
  — 
  The 
  Select 
  Committee, 
  to 
  whom 
  was 
  

   referred 
  the 
  special 
  message 
  of 
  his 
  Excellency, 
  communi- 
  

   cated 
  to 
  the 
  Senate 
  on 
  the 
  17th 
  inst., 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  

   manuscript 
  copy 
  of 
  a 
  scientific 
  worl^, 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Wailes, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Geological 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  University, 
  

   and 
  recommending 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  by 
  the 
  

   authority 
  of 
  the 
  Legislature, 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  same 
  under 
  

   consideration, 
  and 
  do 
  earnestly 
  advise 
  that 
  provision 
  be 
  

   made 
  for 
  carrying 
  into 
  effect 
  his 
  Excellency's 
  recom- 
  

   mendations. 
  

  

  The 
  advantages 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  circulation 
  of 
  

   a 
  work 
  so 
  eminently 
  meritorious 
  as 
  this, 
  under 
  the 
  

   patronage 
  of 
  the 
  Legislature, 
  cannot 
  be 
  questioned 
  or 
  

   easily 
  calculated 
  ; 
  for 
  it 
  will, 
  in 
  all 
  likelihood, 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  initiative 
  step 
  to 
  great 
  attainments 
  in 
  developing 
  the 
  

   scientific 
  talent 
  and 
  resources 
  of 
  our 
  State. 
  

  

  Science, 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  its 
  branches, 
  as 
  we 
  are 
  taught 
  by 
  

   history, 
  can 
  never 
  be 
  successfully 
  prosecuted 
  or 
  made 
  to 
  

   subserve 
  extended 
  useful 
  purposes 
  without 
  adequate 
  

   patronage; 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  any 
  incorporated 
  

  

  