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especially in view the development of the min- 

 eral resources and of the surface and under- 

 ground waters and the collection of such in- 

 formation regarding the geologic and physio- 

 graphic nature of the country as may serve as 

 a basis for the detei-mination of routes of 

 communication and other public enterprises, 

 especially such as may tend to relieve the 

 effects of drouths. 



2. To maintain a laboratory and museum of 

 geology and mineralogy and to collect, classify 

 and arrange for exposition in this country and 

 in the chief foreign centers specimens accom- 

 panied by proper information suitable to give 

 those who may be interested as complete 

 knowledge as possible concerning the geology, 

 mineralogy and mineral resources of Brazil; 

 and to have made such chemical, paleontolog- 

 ieal and other investigations as may tend to 

 the fulfillment of the principal objects of the 

 service. 



3. To prepare and publish maps, plans, dia- 

 grams and drawings or photographs for the 

 illustration and elucidation of the investiga- 

 tions, reports and other publications of the 

 service. 



4. To organize and publish statistics of the 

 mineral production and of the mining and 

 metallurgical industry of the country; to 

 study facts relating to water-supply both for 

 irrigation and for domestic and industrial 

 purposes; to study the question of artesian 

 and other wells, and also matters relating to 

 the mines and mining enterprises in the coun- 

 try and systematically to make known its min- 

 eral wealth. 



5. To furnish data and information upon 

 questions relating to lands and mines and also 

 upon all questions concerning the mining in- 

 dustry and other objects of the service when- 

 ever called upon by the federal government, 

 or, with the government's authorization, when 

 called upon by the state governments or by 

 private parties. 



Article II. — The appointment of the tech- 

 nical and administrative assistants of the serv- 

 ice, with the exception of the chief, will be 

 made by the minister. 



The chief of the geological and mineralog- 

 ical service will be appointed by decree. 



Article III.— It shall be the duty of the 

 chief of the service: 



1. To appoint and dismiss such assistants 

 as are not subject to appointment by the min- 

 ister, to indicate their salaries and to fix the 

 wages of technical assistants. 



2. To organize, direct and fiscalize the work 

 of the service and to assign the duties of the 

 assistants. 



3. To call upon the proper authorities either 

 personally or through his representatives for 

 whatever may be necessary in the prosecution 

 of the work. 



4. To furnish, whenever required to the min- 

 istry, information regarding expenses incurred 

 and results accomplished, and to make an an- 

 nual detailed report regarding the affairs of 

 the service. 



5. To make provisions in urgent cases for 

 any omissions in the present instructions, and 

 subsequently to submit his act for the approval 

 of the government; also to indicate who shall 

 act in his stead in cases of impediment. 



Article IV. — The technical personnel com- 

 posed of specialists of recognized fitness shall 

 carry on the studies and work of the service 

 in accordance with the expressed instructions 

 of the chief. 



Article V. — The secretary together with the 

 clerk shall do the writing and keep the ac- 

 counts of the service and of such other work 

 relating to it as the chief may direct. 



Articles VI., VII. and VIII. relate to ex- 

 penses and the salaries, while article IX. pro- 

 vides for the further development of the 

 service. 



Under this decree Professor Orville A. 

 Derby was appointed chief of the service, 

 and the chief has asked for the appointment 

 as assistants of the following Brazilian geolo- 

 gists: 



Dr. Miguel Arrojado E. Lisboa, to have 

 charge of the investigation of the gold, iron 

 and manganese deposits in the state of Minas. 



Dr. Luiz Filippe Gonzaga de Campos, who 

 will probably undertake geological studies on 

 the Eio Purus in the Estado do Amazonas. 



