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work which requires long and most minute observation, and we 

 can well afford to be patient, if we can be assured of diligent use 

 of the facilities now furnished. We have reason to believe that 

 an era of progress has fairly set in. The general government 

 has provided ample funds for the employment of experts in the 

 various States, and though some of the work may not be of the 

 highest order, yet it cannot be doubted that, in the aggregate, a 

 great amount of valuable original research will be made which will 

 be of inestimable importance to the nation. Let the good work go 

 forward, aud let us give it the support of our sympathy. 



William C. Strong, 

 Member of the Board of Control. 



