FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
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mineral specimens, or of geological formations, or other matters 
in connection with the Survey work. 
The Survey at present is practically without a work room. 
There is no table or desk room available to store or to handle the 
maps, charts, and drawings that are constantly being used in the 
Survey work. It is impossible from lack of space to properly 
open up and study the collection of mineral and fossil specimens 
that have been obtained by the Survey. The store room space is 
too small to accommodate even the current issues of the Survey’s 
own publications which must be cared for temporarily awaiting 
their distribution. 
In connection with the work of the Survey there is a constant 
accumulation of notes, records, photographs, manuscripts, plates 
and cuts, as well as the general correspondence of the office which 
must be cared for. The present limited office space affords no 
room for storing, filing or properly caring for these records. 
I urgently recommend, if if meets with your approval, that 
the Legislature be asked to provide adequate rooms for the future 
work of the State Geological Survey. 
a. state; musfum. 
The desirability of an adequate museum in which to properly 
exhibit the resources of the State is apparent. The State Survey 
law makes it the duty of the State Geologist to collect, determine 
and label specimens illustrating the geological and mineral fea¬ 
tures of the State and large collections have been made since the 
Survey was organized. The small room used for exhibition 
purposes has long since been filled and a large amount of material 
suitable for exhibition remains unopened in boxes as collected. It 
.is important that the State provide for the proper preservation 
and exhibition of the Survey collections in a State Museum. 
DEMAND FOR CLAY TESTING LABORATORY. 
There is a very urgent demand on the part of the citizens of 
the State for a laboratory in which the various clays may be prop- 
erlv tested for brick making and other purposes. It is a well 
known fact that the utility of clays is determined not so much by 
