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FLORIDA STAFF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
SAMPLES SENT TO THE SURVEY FOR EXAMINATION. 
Samples of rocks, minerals and fossils will be at all times 
gladly received, and reported upon. Attention to inquiries and 
general correspondence are a part of the duties of the office, and 
afford a means through which the Survey may in many ways be 
useful to the citizens of the State. 
THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION. 
For many purposes the collection and publication of statistical 
information is helpful, both to the industries concerned and to 
the general public. Such statistical information is desired from 
all the mineral industries of the State. Such information will be 
recognized as strictly confidential, in so far as it relates to the 
private business of any individual or company, and will be used 
only in making up State and county totals. The cooperation of 
the various industries of the State is invited in order that the best 
possible showing of the State’s products may be made annually. 
EXHIBITION OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIAL. 
The space available for the exhibition of geological material 
is unfortunately as yet very limited. A part of one room is being 
used for this purpose. Three cases have been built, designed to 
serve the double purpose of storage and exhibition. The lower 
parts of the case contain drawers and are used for storage. In 
making the collections a definite plan has been followed to secure 
a representation of the rocks, minerals and fossils of each forma¬ 
tion in the State. The collection will be added to as rapidly as 
space is provided for taking care of the material. 
THE SURVEY LIBRARY. 
A well equipped reference library is essential to the investiga¬ 
tions of the Survey, and an effort has been and is being made to 
bring together those publications which are necessary to the 
immediate and future work of the department. The Survey 
library now contains more than 1,500 volumes. These include 
the reports of the several State Geological Surveys; the reports 
of the National Geological Survey; the reports of the Canadian 
