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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—THIRD ANNUAL REPORT. 
PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION. 
The following is a list of the publications issued by the State 
Geological Survey and now available for distribution: 
1 First Annual Report, 1908. 
This report contains: (1) Administrative Report; (2) a 
sketch of the geology of Florida; (3) a chapter on mineral in¬ 
dustries, including phosphate, kaolin or ball clay, brick making 
clays, fullers earth, peat, lime and cement, and road making 
materials; (4) a bibliography of publications on Florida geol¬ 
ogy with a review of the more important papers published prev¬ 
ious to the organization of the present Geological Survey. 
2 Second Annual Report. (Contents given above.) 
3 Third Annual Report. (This volume.) 
4 Bulletin No.i. The Underground Water Supply of Central 
Florida. 1908. 
This Report contains: (1) Underground water: general 
discussion; (2) the underground water of central Florida, deep 
and shallow wells, spring and artesian prospects; (3) ef¬ 
fects of underground solution, cavities, sink-holes, disappearing 
streams, and solution basins; (4) drainage of lakes, ponds and 
swamp lands, and disposal of sewage by bored wells; (5) water 
analyses and tables giving general water resources, public water 
supplies, spring and well records. 
5 Circular No. 1. An approximate mapping of the areas of ar¬ 
tesian flow in Florida. 1908. 
The reports of the State Survey may be obtained without cost 
by addressing, The State Geologist, Tallahassee, Fla. • 
THE PURPOSE AND DUTIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
Among the specific objects for which the Survey exists, as stated 
in the enactment, is that of making known information regarding 
the “minerals, water supply, and other natural resources of the 
State,” including the “occurrence and location of minerals and 
other deposits of value, surface and subterranean water supply and 
power and mineral waters, and the best and most economic methods 
of development, together with analysis of soils, minerals and 
mineral waters, with maps, charts and drawings of the same.” 
