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ard. Regular field inspections are made, and through annual 

 conferences of the district engineers the work in the several 

 districts is further standardized. 



Division of Ground Waters. The Division of Ground 

 Waters, under the administration of a geologist, makes sur- 

 veys of waters occurring below the surface of the ground with 

 reference to their utilization. It undertakes the study of con- 

 ditions controlling the quality and quantity of underground 

 waters, and of methods of recovering and utilizing such 

 waters. Most of the members of the division are geologists 

 and close cooperation exists with the Geologic Branch. 



Division of Water Utilisation. The Division of Water 

 Utilization is under the direct administrative control of the 

 chief of the branch. It makes all field examinations neces- 

 sary for the classification of the public lands with respect to 

 their water resources, except as to their suitability for desig- 

 nation as enlarged or stock-raising homesteads. It makes all 

 field examinations incident to the report to the Secretary by 

 the Survey on applications for rights of way over the public 

 lands, for power development, irrigation, or municipal water 

 supply. 



Division of Enlarged and Stock-Raising Homesteads. The 

 Division of Enlarged and Stock-Raising Homesteads is under 

 the direct supervision of the chief of the branch. Its work 

 embraces the examination of public lands thought suitable for 

 designation as open to entry under the enlarged homestead or 

 stock-raising homestead laws. 



Division of Quality of Water. The Division of Quality of 

 Water is under the direct administration of a chemist. It in- 

 vestigates the mineral quality of surface and ground waters 

 and analyzes the samples of water collected by the field forces 

 of other divisions. 



Land Cassification Board. The function of the Land 

 Classification Board is to classify and evaluate the public 



