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earnest, and it is now believed that the em- 

 bassy has succeeded in reaching a working 

 agreement with the British government on a 

 plan for the protection of seals, though the 

 details remain to be developed. In the ab- 

 sence of exact information as to the scope of 

 the agreement, it is believed here that its basis 

 is a provision for the total suspension of seal- 

 ing operations in Bering Sea for a term of 

 years. 



The U. S. Civil Service Commission an- 

 nounces an examination on August 29, to 

 secure eligibles from which to make certifica- 

 tion to fill a vacancy in the position of chem- 

 ist. Bureau of Science, Manila, P. I., at $1,500 

 per annum, and vacancies as they may occur 

 in the Philippine Service requiring similar 

 qualifications. It wiU not be necessary for 

 applicants to appear at any place for examina- 

 tion. Their eligibility for the position will 

 be determined upon the evidence furnished 

 concerning their education, training and ex- 

 perience. It is desired to secure the services 

 of a young man, energetic and capable, who 

 has had several years of university training 

 in a firet-class institution, and this training 

 should include a thorough foundation in all 

 lines of the science, such as can be obtained 

 by persons specializing in chemistry at any 

 one of the first-class schools which make a 

 specialty of giving chemical training. His 

 main training should be in organic chemistry. 

 The work required is of a routine nature and 

 covers analytical methods and results, and 

 the person appointed must be accurate and 

 careful and he should have a good technique. 

 There are in the bureau, however, other'' chem- 

 ical positions which are practically for pur- 

 poses of research. There is a considerable 

 number of positions the salaries of which 

 range from $1,600 to $2,250 per annum, and 

 even higher, so that the person appointed to 

 the position for which this examination is 

 held, if he proves himself capable of filling 

 higher positions, will have promotions open to 

 him as rapidly as vacancies occur, and it is 

 stated that such vacancies will not be too long 

 delayed. The person appointed must not only 

 have the ability and technique, but he must 

 have ambition to push his work in every way 



possible and to keep abreast of literature. 

 The laboratory is thoroughly equipped for all 

 classes of chemical work. 



Mr. F. G. Clapp, of the United States Geo- 

 logical Survey, has been engaged for several 

 months in a study of the underground waters 

 of the State of Maine, including both those 

 in indurated rocks and in the drift. The 

 investigation, which is now nearly completed, 

 has brought out many points of interest in 

 regard to the drift and has established the 

 existence of deposits of several glacial and in- 

 terglacial stages, including the equivalent of: 

 (1) The supposed pre-Kansan till described 

 by Fidler in southeastern Massachusetts, (2) 

 the Jameco gravels (Kansan ?) found by 

 Veatch and Fuller on Long Island, Marthas 

 Vineyard, Cape Cod, etc., (3) the Montauk 

 till (Illinoian ?) noted by Fuller on Long, 

 Fishers and Block Islands, and in the drum- 

 lins about Boston, (4) Manhasset gravels de- 

 scribed by Woodworth on Long Island, (5) the 

 thick clays and overlying sands (lowan ?) of 

 southern Maine, (6) sands and tills of the 

 latest ice invasion. Marked unconformities 

 occur between beds 4 and 5 and between beds 

 5 and 6. There are indications that a still 

 further subdivision of the drift may be pos- 

 sible. 



Under the supervision of Mr. C. E. Van 

 Hise, geologist of the United States Geological 

 Survey, in charge of the section of pre-Cam- 

 brian and metamorphic geology, an economic 

 investigation of iron ore deposits in Utah, 

 Colorado and the Lake Superior region will 

 be conducted during the coming year. Mr, 

 Van Hise will be assisted by Messrs. C. K. 

 Leith, E. C. Harder, F. Ward, A. C. Deming 

 and W. Toellner. The mapping of the iron 

 ores of the Iron Springs Special quadrangle 

 of southern Utah was completed on July 1. 

 A special topographic map on a scale of 

 1 : 45000, with 50-foot contour intervals has 

 been made of an area of 225 square miles. 

 The ore deposits themselves were mapped on a 

 still larger scale of 250 feet to the inch. The 

 maps and the report on the district will be 

 published during the coming winter. This 

 work was directed by Mr. C. K. Leith, who 



