COMMUNICATION FROM STATE GEOLOGIST. 



SACRAMENTO, March 1, 1856. 



To His Excellency, J. NEELY JOHNSON, 



Governor of the State of California : 



MY DEAR SIR: 



Pursuant to an Act passed in May last, by the Senate and Assembly of the 

 State of California, authorizing a further examination of the unexplored portions 

 of this State, and relating to their geological peculiarities and ^economical adap 

 tations, I have the honor through you to submit the following Report : 



Yours, etc., 



JOHN B. TRASK. 



