[Monograph XIX.] 



The publir.ntions of the United States Geological Survey aio issued in accordance with the statute 

 ajiproved March S. 1879, which dedarets that — 



"The publications of the (ieolngical Survey shall consist of the annual report of operations, geo- 

 logical and pconoMiic raai)S illustrating the resources and classification of the lands, anil reports upon 

 general and economic geology and paleontology. The annual report of operations of the Geological 

 Survey shall acconiiiany tlie annual report of the Secretary of the Interior. All special memoirs and 

 reports of said Survey shall he issued in uniform quarto series if deemed necessary l>y the Director, but 

 otherwise in ordinary octavos. Three thousand copies of each shall be published for scientific exchanges 

 and for sale at the price of publication ; and all literary and cartographic materials received in exchange 

 shall l)e the property of the United States and form a i)art of the library of the organization: And the 

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

 State's." 



The fcdlowiug joint resolution, referring to all government publications, was passed by Congress 

 .July 7, 1882: 



"That whenever any document or report shall be ordered printed by Congress, there shall be 

 liriuted, in addition to the number in each case stated, the ' usual number' /1, 900) of copies for binding 

 and distribution among those entitled to receive them," 



Except in those cases in which an extra number of any publication has been supplied to the Sur- 

 vey by special resolution of (longress or has been ordered by the Secretary of the Interior, this office 

 has no copies for gratuitous distribution. 



ANNUAL REPORTS. 



I. First Annual Report of t be Uniteil States Geological Survey, by Clarence King. 1880. 8°. 79 

 pp. 1 map. — A pri liminary report ilescribing plan of organizatiim and publications. 



II. Second .\nnual Report of the United States Geological Survev, 1880-'81, by .1. W. Powell, 



1882. 8°. 1 V, 588 pp. 62 pi. 1 map. 



III. Third Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1881-'82, by ,J, W, Powell. 



1883, 8". xvlii, .'564 ]>p. 67 pi. and maps. 



IV. Fourth Annual Report of the ITnited States (ieological Survey, 1882-'83, by .J. W. Powell. 

 188U S'-'. xxxii. 173 pp. 8.5 jd. and Mia))s. 



V. Fifth Annual Report of the United States (ieological Survey, 1883-'84, l)y .J. W. Powell. 

 1885. 8^\ xxxvi. 469 pp. 58 1)1. and maps. 



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

 1885. 8°. xxix, 570 jip. 65 pi. and maps. 



VII. Seventh Annual K.-i)ort of the I'nited States (ieidogical Survey, 1885-'86, by .1. W. Powell. 



1888. 8"-. XX, 65())ip. 71 pi. and maps. 



VIII. Eighth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey. 1886-'87, by .1. W. Powell. 



1889. 8°. 2 v. xix, 474, xii pp, 53 ]p1. ami maps; 1 p. 1. 475-1063 pp. 54-76 pi. and maps. 



IX. Ninth Annual R<port of the Uniteil States Geological Survev, 1887-'88. by ,f, W, Powell. 



1889. 8>^. xiii.717pp. 88 pi. ,inil maps. 



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



1890. 8°. 2 V. XV, 774pp, 98 pi. and maps; viii, 123 pp. 



XI. Eleventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1889-90, by .1. \V. Powell. 



1891. 8^\ 2 V. XV, 757 pp. 66 pi. and maps; ix, 351 pp. 30 1)1. and mai)s. 



XII. Twelfth Annual Report of the United States (ieological Survey. 1890-'91, by .1. W. Powell. 

 1891. 8*^. 2 v. xlii.675pp. .53 pi. and maps; xviii, .576 pp, 146 pi. and maps. 



XIII. Thirteenth Annual b'eport of the United States (ieological Survey, 1891-'92. by .1. W, 

 Powell, 1893. 8-. 3 v. 



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