FLORIDA STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
E. H. SELLARDS, STATE GEOLOGIST 
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. 
The members of the State Survey during the past year have 
been, in addition to the State Geologist, Mr. Herman Gunter and 
Dr. R. M. Harper. The chemical analyses necessary to the work 
of the State Survey are made by the State Chemist. 
Mr. Gunter has assisted in the preparation of the paper on the 
artesian water supply of Eastern Florida. In addition he has had 
charge of cataloging and recording the Survey collections. 
Dr. Harper has prepared a preliminary paper on the peat re¬ 
sources of the State. The fuel tests of peat samples, in connection 
with this work, were made in the fuel testing laboratory of the 
United States Geological Survey. 
In addition to the necessary correspondence and administrative 
work of the office, the State Geologist has prepared papers on the 
phosphate deposits, on certain variable lakes, and on the artesian 
water supply. 
\PUBLICATIONS ISSUED. 
The Second Annual Report covering the operations of the Sur¬ 
vey to June 30, 1909, was issued during the year This report 
contains: (1) Administrative Report; (2) a preliminary report 
on the Geology of Florida with special reference to the strati¬ 
graphy including a topographic and geologic map of Florida pre¬ 
pared in co-operation with the United States Geological Survey; 
(3) the topography and geology of Southern Florida; (4) mineral 
industries; (5) the fullers earth deposits of Gadsden County with 
notes on similar deposits found elsewhere in the State. 
DISTRIBUTION OF REPORTS. 
The reports issued by the Survey are distributed upon request 
to citizens, and to city and other public libraries. The results of 
the survey thus become permanently available to those interested in 
the geology and mineral resources of the State. 
