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strictly economic studies are recorded under the headings 

 Petroleum and Natural Gas (pp. 276-467): Coal Resources (pp. 

 468-497); Clays, Road Materials and Stone (pp. 498-506). The 

 chapter on Agriculture and Soils is the work of W. H. Latimer 

 and F. X. Meeker of the Bureau of Soils. h. e. g. 



2. Geological Survey of New Jersey ; Henry B. Kltmmel, 

 State Geologist. Bulletins 1-5, including Annual Report for 

 1910. 1911. — Beginning with the present report, the publications 

 of the New Jersey Survey will be listed as Bulletins and issued in 

 two forms, — separately and bound into an annual volume. The 

 change will be welcomed by those who have occasion to use 

 these valuable reports. Under the new arrangement the follow- 

 ing bulletins have appeared : 



Bulletin 1, Annual Administrative Report of the State Geolo- 

 gist for 1910. 43 pp. 



Bulletin 2, Report on the Approximate Cost of a Canal between 

 Bay Plead and the Shrewsbuiy River, by H. B. Kiimmel. 20 pp., 

 map and profiles. 



Bulletin 3, Flora of the Raritan Formation, by Edward W. 

 Berry. 231 pp., 29 plates, 3 figures. 



Bulletin 4, Description of the Fossil Fish Remains of the Cre- 

 taceous, Eocene and Miocene Formations of New Jersey, by Henry 

 W. Fowler. 192 pp., 108 figures. 



Bulletin 5, Mineral Industry of New Jersey for 1910, by Henry 

 B. Kiimmel and S. Percy Jones. 24 pp. 



Announcement is made that an entirely new geologic map of 

 the state is in preparation to replace the map of 1890, which is 

 not only out of date, but has been out of print for many years. 



H. E. G. 



3. The State of the Ice in the Arctic Seas (Isforholdene i de 

 arktiske Have). 1911, pp. xxiii, 5 maps. — At the request of the 

 Seventh International Geographical Congress, the Danish Meteor- 

 ological Institute issues an annual bulletin on Arctic ice printed 

 in Dutch and in English based on data from all available sources. 

 The present report, prepared by Commander C. I. Hansex, records 

 by months the condition of the ice at A r arious localities and a 

 summary for each region. Separate maps for April, May, June, 

 Jul} r and August are included. h. e. g. 



4. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey; E. A. 

 Biege, Director; W. O. Hotchkiss, State Geologist. Bulletin 

 No. XXIII, Economic Series No. 14, 1911. Reconnoissance Soil 

 Survey of Part of Northwestern 'Wisconsin, by Samuel Weid- 

 max, assisted by E. B. Hall and F. S. Musback. Pp. 102, map 

 in pocket, 15 plates, 16 text figures. — The region covered by the 

 Survey has an area of 6,705 square miles and includes the counties 

 of Eau Claire, Chippewa, Rusk, Barren, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, 

 St. Croix, and Polk. In addition to a study of soils and of 

 agricultural conditions, this report discusses the geology, geog- 

 raphy, water supplies, climate, etc., and presents results in a 

 manner very acceptable to those who wish a general knowledge 



