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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XI. No. 286. 



WEATHER CONDITIONS IN NEW YORK CITY 

 AT THE END OF JUNE. 



THEOtTGH the kindness of Professor Willis L. 

 Moor, Chief of the Weather Bureau, we are 

 able to give figures regarding the temperature 

 and precipitation in New York City during 

 next week, which will prove of interest to those 

 attending the meeting of the Association. 



The daily mean temperature since 1885 has 

 been as follows : 



The daily amount of rain in inches and hun- 

 dredths has been : 



June. 



1885 

 1886 

 1SS7 

 1888 

 1889 

 ■1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 

 1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 189S 

 1899 



The mean daily temperature is about 2° lower 

 than would be the case in the third week in 

 August, and it may be expected consequently 

 to be considerably less hot during the day time 

 than would be the case if the meeting were in 

 August. The chances of rain are about the 

 same. 



REORGANIZATION IN THE GEOLOGICAL 

 SURVEY. 



The geological work of the United States 

 Survey was originally organized in grand geo- 

 graphic divisions for each of which there was a 

 geologist-in- charge, having complete authority 



over his assistants. After many years of trial 

 this system was found to be expensive, both of 

 means and talent, and was replaced by the 

 temporary expedient of a large number of in- 

 dependent parties reporting immediately to the 

 director. Administratively this plan has worked 

 very satisfactorily, but it lacked scientifically 

 the element of co-operation between distinct 

 parties. To effect this co-ordination of scientific 

 results in each important specialty of geology, 

 the following organization has now been 

 adopted, as stated in the draft of plans for the 

 current year, approved by the Secretary of the 

 Interior. 



Six geologists have been appointed as geol- 

 ogists in charge of special subjects of research, 

 the six subjects covering the whole field of 

 geology in the Survey. These assignments are 

 as follows : 



T. C. Chamberlin, geologist in charge of pleis- 

 tocene geology ; George F. Becker, geologist in 

 charge of physical and chemical research ; S. F. 

 Emmons, geologist in charge of investigation of 

 metalliferous ores ; C. Willard Hayes, geologist in 

 charge of investigation of non-metalliferous economic 

 deposits ; Bailey Willis (assistant in geology to the 

 director), geologist in charge of areal geology. " 



These assignments are based upon the neces- 

 sity for closer supervision and co-ordination of 

 the growing geologic work of the Survey. The 

 personnel of the geologic branch will be classed 

 as geologists in charge, geologists, and assistant 

 geologists. Administrative control of the two 

 former classes shall in each individual case be 

 immediate with the director. Assistant geol- 

 ogists will report through their chiefs. Scien- 

 tific direction will be the duty of the geologists 

 in charge, each in his special section, and shall 

 be accomplished by appropriate conference in 

 the oflSce and supervision in the field. 



The total appropriation for geologic work 

 for 1900-1901 is $163,700. To this are ad- 

 ded from the State of Pennsylvania $2000, 

 and from the State of New York $1000, sums 

 appropriated for co-operation in geology with 

 the Federal Survey, and on condition that in 

 each case a like amount be expended from the 

 Federal appropriation for work in the State. 

 The total amount available for geologic surveys 

 is therefore $166,700. 



