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FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
matters of interest not merely to the individuals who may 
happen to own or mine from these deposits, but are mat¬ 
ters which concern the people of the State as a whole. A 
State Survey will fall short of its responsibilities and 
opportunities if it does not, through its publications, fur¬ 
nish to the people a better knowledge of the resources of 
the State and the possibilities and limitations of such 
resources. 
In its economic relations, a State Survey touches on 
varied phases of the State’s development. In its results 
it may be expected, judging from the experience of simi¬ 
lar surveys in other States, to contribute not so much to 
sensational or sudden development of great mineral de¬ 
posits as to an intelligent development of the State’s nat¬ 
ural resources. Its educational value is of no less imme¬ 
diate concern to the State, both to the citizens within the 
State and to prospective citizens without. 
In view of the size of the State and its varied resources, 
it is apparent that for efficiency the Survey must concen¬ 
trate its work for the present along specific lines, A 
thorough investigation of some one natural resource, with 
the publication of the results, is of much more value to 
the State than incomplete reports on the many resources. 
It will be the plan of the State Survey to investigate and 
report on such natural resources specifically, as, for in¬ 
stance : The underground water supply of the State, arte¬ 
sian and non-artesian, its possibilities for agricultural, 
commercial and general usage; the phosphate deposits; 
the fuller’s earth deposits; the clays; the road making 
materials; the sand and cement materials; the fuels; and 
similarly, other natural resources as they develop. The 
results of these investigations will constitute a series of 
economic reports. Other reports, not lacking in economic 
value, but intended particularly as of educational value, 
will relate to the general geology of the State. Finally, 
it is hoped that it may be possible to issue reports of 
combined educational and economic value treating of the 
