[Monograph XXIX.] 



The statute approved March 3, 1879, establishing the United States Geological Survey, contains 

 the following provisions; 



"The imblicatiiins of the Geological Survey shall consist of the annual report of operations, geo- 

 logical and cfouoiuie niajis illustrating the resources and cliiasifioation of the lands, and reports upon 

 general and ei-ouomic geology and paleontology. 'I'lic atniiial report of opi-rarious of the (Jcolo.ncal 

 Survey shall accompany the, .iinnial report of tlic .Sren^taiy of the Interior. All siiecial uienioirs'^and 

 reports of said Survey .shall lie issue<l in uii i form ipi.-irto series if deemi-d iH-eess.ny by I lie Diieitoi-, bnt 

 otherwise in ordinary octavos. Three thousand eojiies of eaeli slull lie jiublislied for srientirn' ex, liii'u.i-eH 

 andforsaloat the price of publication; and all literary and i-ntonraphir maleiials leeeive.l in exi haiTge 

 shall be the property of the United .States and form ii part of tin- libraiy of the organization ; And the 

 money resulting from the sale of such publications shall be covered into the Treasury of the United 

 States." 



Except in those cases in which an extra number of any special memoir or report has been sup- 

 plied to the Survey by special resolution of Congress or has been ordered by the Secretary of the 

 Interior, this oflice has no copies for gratuitous distribution. 



ANNUAL REPORTS. 



I. First Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, by Clarence King. 1880. 8 \ 79 

 pp. 1 map.— A preliminary report describing plan of organization "and publications. 



II. Second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1880-81, by .7. W. Powell 

 . 8°. Iv, 588 pp. 62 pi. 1 map. 



III. Third Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1881-'83, by J. W. Powell. 

 . 8'-'. xviii, .564 pp. ti7 ]il. and maps. 



IV. Fourth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1882-'83, by J. W. Powell. 

 . 8". xxxii, i73 pp. 8.5 pi. and maps. 



V. Fifth Annual Rejjort of the United States Geological Survey, 1883-'84, by .1. W. Powell. 

 . 8°. xxxvi, 469 pp. 58 pi. and maps. 



VI. Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1884-'85, by J. W. Powell. 

 . 8°. xxix, 570 pp. 65 pi. and maps. 



VII. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1885-'86, by J. W. Powell. 

 8*^. XX, 656 pp. 71 pi. and maps. 



VIII. Eighth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1886-'87, by J. W. Powell. 

 8°. 2 pt. xix, 474, xii pp., 53 pi. and maps ; 1 p. 1., 47.5-1063 pp., 54-76 pi. and maps. 



IX. Ninth Annual Report of the United States (Jeological Survey, 1887-'88, by J. W Powell 

 8"^. xiii, 717 pp. 88 pi. and maps. 



X. Tenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1888-'89, by .1. W. Powell. 

 8°. 2 pt. XV, 774 jip., 98 pi. and maps; viii. 123 pp. 



XI. Eleventh Annual Report of the Inited .•<t;itis (ieological Survey, 1889-'90, by .1. \V. Powell. 

 8"^. 2 pt. XV, 757 pp., 66 pi. and m;i]is: i\. .Til pp., 30 pi. and maps. 



XII. Twelfth Annual Report of the United .States Geological Survey. 1890-'91, by J. W. Powell. 

 8^. 2 pt., xiii, 675 pp., .53 pi. and maps; xviii, 576 pj)., 146 pi. and niaps. 



XIII. Thirteenth Annual Report of the United States (ieological Survey, 1891-'92, by J. W. 

 Powell. 1893. 8^. 3 pt. vii, 240 pp., 2 maps; x, 372 pp., 105 pi. and maps; xi, 486 pp., 77 "pl. and 

 maps. 



XIV. Fourteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1892- '93, bv .T W 

 Powell. 1893. 8«. 2 pt. vi, 321 pp., 1 pl. ; xx, 597 pp., 74 pl. and maps. 



XV. Fifteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 189.3-'94, by J. \V. Powell. 

 1895. 8*^. xiv, 755 pp., 48 jil. and maps. 



XVI. Sixteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1894-'9.5, Charles D 

 Walcott, Director. 1895. (Part I, 1896.) 8^. 4 pt. x.\ii, 910 pp., 117 pl. and maps; xix, .598 pp., 43 

 pl. and maps; xv, 646 p))., 23 pl. ; xix. 735 pp., 6 pl. 



XVII. Seventeenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1895-'96, Charles 

 D. Walcott, Director. 1896. 8^. 3 pt. in 4 vol. xxii, 1076 pp., 67 pl. and maps; xxv, 864 pp., 113 pl. 

 and maps; xxiii, 542 pp., 8 pl. and maps; iii, 543-1058 pp., 9-13 pl. 



XVIII. Eighteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1896-'97, Charles D. 



