494 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
annual report of operations, geological and economic maps illus- 
trating the resources and classification of the lands, and reports 
i The 
maps and illustrations, twenty thousand dollars; to be Immedr 
ately available. ; 
“For the preparation of reports, maps and such other illustra- 
tions as may be necessary for completing the office work of the 
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resources and products of the ational Domain,” was thus estab- 
lished; and soon after, the position of Director of the sae iy was 
given to Mr. Clarence King, who by long work in the fiel ad 
ed he 
ors of the Committee of the Academy, is thought to be @ 
nar reg of the subject for the time, and not a rejection of the 
scheme. . 
_ Another move with regard to the department of the Geologiea! 
Survey has been made since Mr. King received his appointment, a : 
one which has not yet been laid before a Committee of the Nationa 
_. The session of See wen in which the Department of the Geo- 
Domain was established, was followed 
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