2/6 THE JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY. 



of ^2,500 per annum for the salary of the state geologist. Under 

 this law Professor Tuomey was appointed State Geologist by 

 Governor Winston, resigned his position in the University, and 

 devoted his whole time to the survey till about 1856. During 

 the two years, however, of his service to the state he still kept 

 his office at the University of Alabama, and delivered lectures to 

 some of the classes of that institution. During this time he was 

 assisted by Professor E. Q. Thornton, O. M. Lieber and others, 

 and in 1855 Professor John W. Mallet was appointed Chemist 

 to the survey. The results of the labors of Professor Tuomey 

 and his assistants were brought together by him in a report which 

 was submitted to the legislature in November, 1855, but, by the 

 negligence of the state printers, and for other reasons, the pub- 

 lication of this report was delayed for more than two years. 

 The appropriation for the survey being exhausted. Professor 

 Tuomey resumed his work at the University in 1856, intending 

 to devote his leisure time as before to the survey, and especially 

 to the elaboration of his notes. The summer of 1856 was 

 devoted to field work, but his death occurred the following year 

 1857, on March 30. 



Upon the death of Professor Tuomey, Dr. Mallet undertook 

 the task of editing and bringing out the long delayed report 

 It was found that part of the manuscript had been lost, some of 

 it was incomplete, and thus a large amount of valuable material 

 was lost to the state and to science. In September, 1858, this 

 Second Biennial Report at last appeared, accompanied by another 

 map of the state, more detailed than the first. After the death 

 of Professor Tuomey, in 1857, the survey was discontinued. 



From 1868 to 1876 a Commissioner of Industrial Resources 

 was one of the regular officers of the state government, and four 

 small pamphlets were issued from that office, but the Legislature 

 of 1874-5 practically abolished the office by making no appro- 

 priation for the salaries of the Commissioner and his Assistant, 

 and in the code of 1876 no provision was made for the continu- 

 ance of the Bureau. 



