STATE GEOLOGIST. H 



a commencement of the work of completing the geological survey, 

 and preparing for publication in a convenient and practical 

 form, a Report upon the Geology of the State, drawn from orig- 

 inal observations, and all other accessible sources. The terms 

 of the act approved February 15, 1859, were copied almost lite- 

 rally from the original act of 1837 ; and the survey thus instit 

 tuted, possessed, of course, all the scope of the original under- 

 taking. 



The following Eeport embraces only the results of the actual 

 observations made during the past two seasons. It must be 

 borne in mind, however, that the provision made for the prose- 

 cution of this survey, has not as yet been such as to permit its 

 complete organization ; and the heads of the principal depart- 

 ments have only been employed during such time as could be 

 spared from other and regular professional engagements. 



