boxes, and in that plight, remaining at Burlington and Mont- 

 pel ier.* 



In 1848, the General Assembly passed a Joint Resolution pro- 

 viding for the preservation of the materials for completing the 

 Geological Survey, as follows : "Resolved by the Senate and 

 House of Representatives, That all collections of minerals, field- 

 notes, and all preparations and materials amassed by the State 

 Geologist for a final report upon the Geological Survey, be brought 

 together by some suitable person to be appointed by the Governor, 

 and be deposited in the State House, under the care of the State 

 Librarian, that nothing may be lost, and that the State may have 

 the benefit of these collections, whenever the State shall deem it 

 expedient to " prosecute the Survey to completion."! 



Governor Coolidge commissioned Professor Zadock Thompson 

 to carry into effect the foregoing resolution, whose report, under 

 date of October llth, 1849, is respectfully referred to and made a 

 part of this communication.* 



A final Geological Report, embracing the entire results of his 

 labors and those of his Assistants, was never made by Prof. Ad- 

 ams, and on the nineteenth day of January, 1853, he died on the 

 Island of St. Thomas, West Indies, summoned hence in the prime 

 of his life and usefulness. 



In the month of October, following the decease of Prof. C. B. 

 Adams, the General Assembly passed "An Act to provide for 

 completing the Geological Survey of the State," in and by which 

 Prof. Zadock Thompson was appointed State Naturalist, with the 

 following duties : " to enter as soon as practicable upon a thorough 

 prosecution and completion of the Geological Survey of the State, 

 embracing therein a full and scientific examination and descrip- 

 tion of its rocks, soils, metals and minerals ; make careful and 

 complete assays and analyses of the same; and prepare the results 

 of his labors for publication, under the three following titles, to 

 wit: 



First Physical Geography, Scientific Geology, and Mineral- 

 ogy- 



Second, Economical Geology, embracing Botany and Agricul- 

 ture. 



*See Appendix No. 4. 



fSee Session Laws, 1848. p. 36, No. 53. 



