10 UNITED STATES BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES. 
tution, and at its expense, Bulletin Ko. 1 has been published, and an 
edition of 7,000 copies distributed. The Coast and Geodetic Survey 
has printed its second bulletin with an edition of 7,500 copies, and the 
Light-House Board has through the Treasury Department printed the 
third bulletin, with an edition of 8,000. This method of publication is 
obviously unsatisfactory. It is important that the decisions of the 
Board be promptly brought to the attention of the officers of the Gov- 
ernment, and this can be done only by their prompt publication and 
wide circulation. Judging from past experience, it appears that 10,000 
copies of each of its bulletins will be required to meet the demands of 
the Government Departments. 
The general public, and especially the newspapers, the educators and 
the educational publishers of the country have manifested great interest 
in the work of the Board. Its decisions have been generally accepted 
by geographers, publishers, and educators, and it seems on all accounts 
desirable that these classes should be informed promptly and fully of 
the decisions. To supply them would require an equal number, and 
the Board asks that recommendation be made to Congress that proper 
provision be made for printing and distributing these bulletins. 
There are submitted herewith, as Appendix A, a list of the decisions 
of the Board, and as Appendix B, a list of the counties of the United 
States, with the spelling as authorized by the Board. 
Eespectfully submitted. 
T. C. Mendenhall, 
Chairman. 
