316 Scientific Intelligence. 



II. Geology. 



1. Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Director of the TJ. S. 

 Geological Survey, George Otis Smith, Director, for the fiscal 

 year ended June SO, 1914. Pp. 163, plates I and II. Washing- 

 ton, 1914. — Of a total expenditure of $1,462,000 for the year 

 1913-14, $575,000 of the Geological Survey funds were devoted 

 to researches which may pr6perly be classed as geologic, includ- 

 ing mineral resources, geologic surveys, water resources and 

 chemical and physical investigations ; $425,000 were expended 

 for mapping. The Survey staff enrolls 891 persons holding 

 appointments of the Secretary of the Interior, and the total 

 amount paid in salaries and wages was $1,077,000. The nation- 

 wide activities of the Survey are indicated by the fact that geo- 

 logic investigations were carried on in 47 states, Alaska, Hawaii, 

 and the Canal Zone, covering an area of 75,000 square miles. 

 The topographers mapped 25,000 square miles, an area nine-tenths 

 the size of the United Kingdom. The number of the various 

 publications distributed was 1,105,711, a figure much in excess of 

 that of previous years, and one which indicates a growing appre- 

 ciation, on the part of the public, of the scientific investigations 

 of this branch. Aside from published material, the extent to 

 which the Survey is utilized is indicated in some degree by the 

 increasing amount of mail handled. During the year 255,502 

 pieces of mail matter were received by the executive division, and 

 365,090 pieces of letter mail were dispatched, an increase of 20 

 per cent. 



One of the most valuable features of the Survey policy is the 

 cooperative agreements for investigations in the individual states, 

 and with other departments of the Government. Cooperative 

 geologic researches are now being undertaken in fourteen states, 

 examination of mineral resources in eighteen states, topographic 

 surveys in nineteen states. Cooperation is also effective with the 

 Land Office, the Indian Office, the Bureau of Mines, the Bureau 

 of Standards, the Department of Justice, the Office of Public 

 Roads, the Smithsonian Institution, the Isthmian Canal Com- 

 mission, the Geophysical Laboratory, and the Marine Biological 

 Station. In the Land Classification Board the Government has 

 now expert scientific advice regarding the disposition of public 

 lands. h. e. g. 



2. Publications of the United States Geological Survey. — Re- 

 cent publications of the U. S. Geological Survey are noted in the 

 following list (continued from vol. xxxviii, pp. 484-487) : 



Thirty-fifth Annual Report of the Director, George Otis 

 Smith. — See above. 



Professional Papers. — No. 90. Shorter Contributions to 

 General Geology. F. A Reconnaissance in the Canyon Range, 

 West-Central ittah ; by G. F. Loughlin. Pp. 51-60; 1 pi., 5 

 figs. G. The Montana Group of Northwestern Montana ; by 

 Eugene Stebinger. Pp. 61-68 ; 1 fig. H. A Deep Well at 

 Charleston, South Carolina ; by Lloyd W. Stephenson, with a 



