SECOND ANNUAL REPORT^;:;* : I 4 
Office of State . Chemist:—The Survey law provides that analytical 
work necessary to the investigations of the Survey-shall be done by 
the State Chemist. The Survey is thus brought into co-operative 
relation with the Division of Chemistry of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture and in so far as the work of the Survey _contributes to agri¬ 
cultural interests, to the Department of Agriculture as- a whole. 
The State Agricultural Experiment Station:—Gn .its study of the 
water supply in relation to agriculture, of soils -ffi their geological 
relations, and in other ways, the work of the State* Survey may. be 
expected to supplement certain lines of work of the State Experiment. 
Station, the two organizations being of mutual aid to each other. 
State Colleges and Other Educational Institutions: — The State 
Survey law provides that duplicate suits of specimens obtained by the 
Survey illustrating the geological and mineral features of the State 
shall be deposited with the State Colleges. The publications of the 
State Survey are placed in the libraries of all of the educational insti¬ 
tutions desiring them. 
THE SURVEY LIBRARY. 
A well-equipped reference library is essential to the best results 
and an effort is being made to bring together those publications which 
are necessary to the immediate and future work of the Survey. The 
Survey library now contains more than 1,500 volumes. These include 
the reports of the several State Geological Surveys; the Annual Re¬ 
ports, Bulletins, Monographs, Professional Papers, Water Supply and 
Irrigation Papers, and other publications of the . National Geological 
Survey; the reports of the Canadian, and a few other foreign Geo¬ 
logical Surveys; and many miscellaneous volumes and papers on geo¬ 
logical subjects. Additions to the Survey library will be appreciated. 
EXHIBITION OF GEOLOGICAL MATERIAL. 
The Survey law provides for the exhibition of geological material. 
The space available for this purpose is unfortunately as yet very lim¬ 
ited. A part of one room has, however, been used for this purpose. 
Three cases have been built, designed to serve the double purpose of 
storage and exhibition, the lower part of the case being adapted to 
the purpose of storing material. In making the collections a system¬ 
atic plan has been followed to secure a representation of the rocks, 
minerals, and fossils of each formation in the State. The collections 
will be added to as opportunity permits. 
THE RELATION OF THE STATE SURVEY TO THE OWNERSHIP OF MINERAL¬ 
BEARING LANDS. 
The relation of the State Survey to the ownership of mineral-bear¬ 
ing lands is specifically defined. The Survey law provides that it shall 
