To THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY 



OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 



Under the Joint Eesolution, passed May 6. 1853, by the Senate and 

 Assembly of the State of California, authorizing a farther Geological ex 

 amination of some parts of the Sierra Nevada and Coast Mountains, and 

 report the results of the same to the ensuing Legislature, I have the 

 honor of submitting the following report in relation thereto, and in con 

 formity to the above requisitions. 



JOHN B. TRASK. 



