18 ii geal REPORT 
OBTAINING COPIES OF THE OLD REPORTS. 
First Geological Survey.— These volumes are out of print and 
rare. They can only be procured from dealers in second-hand libraries, 
and are difficult to obtain even there. | 
Second Geological Survey. — These volumese were all distributed at 
the time of their issue. The State retained no stock for meeting future 
demands, so that no copies of any of these volumes can be obtained from 
the office of the State Geologist. They can be bought in many second- 
hand book stores and from dealers in old libraries, at prices varying 
from a few cents to two or three dollars per volume, according to rarity 
and demand. Volumes V and VI are the rarest and most sought for. 
Third Geological Survey.— These volumes were all distributed at 
the time of issue, except Volume VII, of which 1,500 were put in, the 
hands of the Secretary of State, for sale at cost of publication. Of these, 
a few remain at the date of the publication of this volume. The price 
is $1.50. To obtain copies, send postal or money order to the “Secre- 
tary of State, State House, Columbus, O. No other volume can be 
obtained from this source. 
The other volumes of this series can be procured only from second- 
hand book and library dealers. 
THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRESENT SERIES 
OF REPORTS. 
Owing to the unfortunate situation in regard to the publications of 
the First, Second and Third organizations of the Geological Survey, it has 
been thought wise to designate the present series as the Fourth. There 
has been no legal enactment conferring a new title on the present organi- 
zation of the survey, and, as already explained, the work is being done 
under the law of 1889, which marks the end of the second and the begin- 
ning of the third organizations. But a law has recently been enacted 
prescribing the method of publication and distribution of the reports of 
the State Geologist, which departs so far from the plans previously 
adopted that it makes such a differentiation in title of the bulletins neces- 
sary to the convenience of those who are to distribute and have charge 
of the future publications of the survey. 
The text of the law is given herewith, as a matter of information 
to those interested. 
