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water of precipitation was that which seeped into the earth and 

 became ground water. The amount of ground water in the top 

 hundred feet of soil was equivalent to a layer of water sixteen 

 or seventeen feet in depth spread over the entire surface of the 

 count r}^ 



Governor Hoggett, of Alaska, gave a brief talk on the 

 resources of that territor}^ and was followed by Governor-elect 

 Stubbs, of Kansas. The latter em^phasized the need of some 

 action and favored the issue of bonds for financing the work. 



Addresses were also given b}' Governor Deneen, of Illinois; 

 Governor Broward, of Florida; Governor Woodruff, of Con- 

 necticut; ex-Governor Van Sant, of Minnesota, and Governor 

 Ansell, of South Carolina. Mr. Edward G. Acheson. President 

 of the American Electro-Chemical Society, read a paper and 

 Mr. E. E. Wickley, representing the Farmers' National Congress, 

 made a brief address. 



Resolutions were adopted at the session, endorsing the report 

 of the National Conservation Commission and approving the 

 principle of co-operation between the Federal Govemmxent and 

 those of the states ; urging the adoption of the policy of separate 

 disposal of the surface, mineral and timber rights; favoring the 

 maintenance of Conservation Commissions in every state ; urging 

 on Congress the advisability of maintaining a National Conserva- 

 tion Commission and suggesting legislation and action by 

 Federal and State Governments along various lines suggested 

 in the report. 



The Conference then adjourned. 



The maps shown at the International Conservation Confer- 

 ence at Washington by the Canadian representatives aroused 

 very favorable comment, despatches state a number of these 

 were the work of the draughting department of the Forestry 

 Branch. It is probable these maps will be taken to the general 

 conference at The Hague. 



