10 INTRODUCTION. 



are perhaps the most interesting features in its geological 

 history. 



The agricultural resources of the county, and the means 

 for their development, have been prominent subjects of 

 study; and, in this respect, I feel confident that the results 

 will be valuable to the State, and will justify the enlight- 

 ened policy which originated and has sustained the survey. 

 From the location of the County of Cape May, remote 

 from the great lines of travel, it has heretofore been but 

 little known in other parts of the State; and, on account 

 of its distance from market, its agriculture has not been 

 much developed. Its climate is delightful; it has a soil 

 which yields generous returns to the cultivator; and its 

 resources for fertilizers are almost unequaled. It is sus- 

 ■ ceptible of a high degree of agricultural improvement, and 

 is now rapidly advancing. Within the last six years the 

 quantity of its staple agricultural products has increased 

 fifty per cent., and the price of land has doubled. When 

 the railroads now in process of construction are opened 

 through this county, and proper facilities for marketing 

 are afforded, the whole area of Cape May will be desirable 

 ground for farmers and market gardeners. 



Accompanying the Report is the elaborate and beauti- 

 fully executed map of the county, by Lieut. E. L. Viele, 

 State Topographical Engineer. The importance of this 

 map for exhibiting the geography and topography, as well 

 as the geology of the county, must commend it to the 

 approval of every one. I have colored it in accordance 

 with the geological descriptions given in the Report. 



Though no specific provision has been made for other 



