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In the contributions of the fossil Flora of the Western ‘Territories, 
Leo iesquereux describes several California fossil plants. 
The Monographs, Statistical Papers, Annual Reports, and Bulle- 
tins of the U. S. Geological Survey, contain many papers on the Geol- 
ogy and Palaeontology and mineral resources of California. 
The most important are those of J. S. Diller, on the Geology of 
Lassen Peak. ‘The Quicksilver Deposits of the Pacific Slope, by 
George F. Becker. 
Dr. White’s papers on the Palaeontology of California in the 
Bulletins, ‘lhe Earthquakes, by James EK. Keeler, E. S. Holden, and 
Charles D. Perrine. 
Contributions to the Cretaceous Palaeontology of the Pacific 
Slope, by F. W. Stanton. ‘This bulletin describes the Knoxville beds ; 
geographic distribution, local development in ‘Tehama, Colusa, Lake, 
and Napa Counties, Mount Diablo, and other loccalities, ete. 
There is also a paper by the same author on the Faunal Relations 
of the Eocene and Upper Cretaceous, in the 17th Annual Report. 
The Mineral Resources, by David P. Day, to all the reports. 
Reports on Geological maps of the U. S.,, by Jules Marcou and 
John B. Marcou. 
Chemistry and Physics, by F. W. Clark. 
The publications of the Smithsonian Institution, contains only 
two reports on the Geology. ‘The first by Hitchcock, Illustrations of 
Surface Geology, 1857, pp. 107-108, on the erosions of the west side of 
the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the second, by Geo. P. Merrill, on 
building and ornamental stones. Report for 1886. 
The publications of the U. S. National Museum contain papers 
by W. H. Dall, of the fossils of the Coast Range, with a paper by Geo. 
P. Merrill, on onyx marbles, also notes on the Geology and Natural 
History of Lower California, etc. 
: ‘The Geological Survey of the State of California was organized 
M 1853, by a resolution of the Senate, calling upon Mr. John B. Trask, 
ior such information as he may possess, relating to the Geology of the 
State, Dr. Trask’s report on the Geology of the Sierra Nevada or 
California range is a small pamphlet of 31 pp.—Sacramento, 1853. 
The author gives a concise sketch of the geology and resources, 
Irom his reconnoissances of 1850-52, embraced within the 36th and 
42nd degs. of North Latitude. : 
