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Plan oi" Tiiii Work. 



For cf)nvcnience in collectinfj^ and arranging" tlic enormous 

 mass of material which will be accumulated by the joint labors 

 of this army of field workers, it has been deemed advisable to 

 divide the vast expanse of territory embraced in the United 

 wStates and British North America into thirteen Districts, each of 

 which will be placed under the immediate direction of a com- 

 petent Superintendent. The Districts, witli their respective 

 Superintendents, are : — 



Alaska, Supt.J John Murdoch, Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D. C. 



North-west Territories. Supt., Ernest E. T. Seton, Assinaboia, 

 vid Carberry, Manitoba. 



Newfoundland, Supt., James P. Howley, St. John's. Newfoundland. 



British Columbia, Supt., (not yet determined). 



Manitoba, Supt., Prof. W. W. Cooke, Caddo, Indian Territory-. 



Canada, Supt., Montague Chamberlain, St. John, New Brunswick. 



Atlantic Seaboard (Lighthouses and Lightships from Canada to 

 the Gulf of Mexico), Supt., (not yet determined). 



New England, Supt., John H. Sage, Portland, Conn. 



Atlantic District (New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Delaware-, 

 Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina), Supt., Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher, Sing Sing, New York. 



Middle-eastern District (Southern Michigan, Indiana. Ohio, West 

 Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee east of the Tennessee River, Ala- 

 bama,' Georgia, Florida), Supt, Dr. J. M. Wheaton, Columbus, Ohio. 



Mississippi Valley (Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, 

 Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Indian Territory, Arkansas, the small portions 

 of Kentucky and Tennessee west of the Tennessee River, Texas, Louisi- 

 ana, Mississippi), Supt., Prof W. W. Cooke, Caddo, Indian Territory. 



Rocky Mountain District (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, 

 Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico), Supt, Dr. Edgar A. Mearns. 



Pacific District (Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada), Supt.. 

 L. Belding, Stockton, California. 



The home of each observer is called a Station, and is recorded 

 by number upon the books of "the Committee. The Committee 

 particularly requests that all, persons who read this circular, 

 and are willing to aid in the woi-k. will immediately communicate 

 with the Superintendents of their respective Districts. Those 

 residing in Districts whose Superintendents have not as yet been 

 named may addi'ess the Chairman. 



It is the dut}- of each Superintendent to exert himself to the ut- 

 most to increase the number of observers in his District ; to 

 answer the questions thev may put to him concerning" the details 



