16 PRELIMINARY REPORT. 



The publication of the Report having been delayed, it became desirable that a brief 

 preliminary Report should be made to Governor Fairbanks in 1860. Some extracts 

 follow : 

 To His EXCELLENCY, ERASTUS FAIRBANKS, 



Governor of Vermont : 

 HONORED SIR : 



It did not occur to me till recently that any Report on the Geological Survey of the 

 State would be expected or desired the present year ; for, last year I presented our Final 

 Report, though in an imperfect and unfinished state. It was referred to the Secretary of 

 State, who was directed to obtain estimates of the cost of its publication. The Report 

 itself was put into the hands of its authors, viz : myself and son, Mr. HAGER, and Rev. 

 Mr. HALL. We have been at work upon it and are still at work to supply its deficiencies, 

 incorporate whatever new facts and discoveries we might obtain during the year, and 

 reconstruct many of the Maps and Drawings, for economy's sake. We have done all we 

 could to help the Secretary in making out his estimates, which I trust by this time have 

 been presented to the Government. 



By the original act constituting the Survey, it becomes my duty annually to present a 

 summary of the expenses and needs of the work. Perhaps the following brief summary, 

 which reaches back to the commencement of our connection with the survey, may be 

 acceptable : 



Traveling and Freight Expenses in 1857, .... $ 332,10 



do. in 1858, . . . . f 737,25 



do. in 1859, $ 188,00 



do. (rough estimate) in 1860, ... $ 200,00 



Expenses, $ 1457,35 

 Received $ 1000 per year in 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860, $ 4000,00 



Salaries, $ 2542,65 



The salaries over and above the expenses have been distributed as follows : My oldest 

 son Edward, having been prevented by circumstances from spending more than a few 

 weeks in the field, charged nothing save his expenses. For the first two years I charged 

 nothing, because it seemed to me reasonable that what money remained above the expen- 

 ses, should be shared by my two assistants, Mr. HAGER and my youngest son CHARLES 

 H., who from the beginning have labored indefatigably in this work. 



In 1857 Mr. Hager received ..." $ 333,95 



In 1858 do ....... $131,37 



In 1859 do ...... $256,00 



In 1860 do . . . . . . . $266,67 



$987,99 



In 1857 Charles H. Hitchcock received . ' . . . $ 333,95 



In 1858 do. .....$ 131,37 



In 1859 do. .... $256,00 



In 1860 do. .....$ 266,67 



$987,99 



