Professor Cummins, with the assistance of Mr. Drake, traced out the stratigraphic relations of the beds formerly known as Albany or Colorado with those of the Wichita, and found the former to be simply the direct southward continuation of the latter. Later, Cummins and Dumble made a study of the line of Cretaceous capped buttes west of Stonewall in a search for possible Jurassic deposits. This section was continued to the Staked Plains in Garza County, when they turned south to Big Springs. A careful study and large collections were also made of the interesting section at Kent, El Paso County. In the trans-Pecos the work was confined to a trip by Osann and von Streeruwitz for the investigation of the more important eruptives and igneous rocks, of which Osann had found specimens in the collections.

Professor Cragin's work on the Cretaceous collections was continued until June, when he resigned. The study of the Tertiary invertebrates was continued through the year by Professor Harris, who not only determined the forms collected by the survey, but made large collections himself, not only in Texas, but also at type localities in Alabama and Mississippi, and after comparison with the collections in Philadelphia, Washington, and that of Mr. Aldrich, installed the entire collection in the museum, leaving it in the best possible shape for use. He also prepared a monograph on the Texas Tertiary invertebrates, with descriptions and figures of all forms which had been found in Texas.

Professor Hyatt continued his assistance and had a number of forms from the Double Mountain division or Upper Permian horizon for determination, and Prof. E. D. Cope made a number of determinations of vertebrate forms collected during the year. Mr. Charles S. Simpson, of the United States National Museum, studied and described the Triassic Unionidae collected by Cummins in Garza County.

Doctor Melville died in February, and Mr. Dickson continued his work until his resignation in August, when the laboratory was closed.

In addition to the installation of the suite of Tertiary invertebrates, collections of the land and fresh-water shells and of the birds were also placed in the museum.

The fifth annual report was prepared and submitted for publication. The printing board deferred action from time to time and finally declined to order the report printed, on account of the depleted condition of the State treasury. They also refused permission for printing at private expense. The report comprised the following:

Annual Report of the State Geologist, E. T. Dumble.

Report on the Geology and Water Conditions of Southwest Texas, E. T. Dumble.

Report on the Clays of Texas, W. Kennedy.

Report on the Cretaceous Area West of the Colorado River, J. A. Taff.

Report on the Permian of Texas, W. E. Cummins.

Monograph of the Tertiary Invertebrates of Texas, G. D. Harris.

Triassic Unionidae, Chas. T. Simpson.

A Geological Map of the State of Texas, compiled by E. T. Dumble.

Mr. Dumble, in 1902, published a paper in the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, entitled Geology of Southwest Texas, containing a portion of the matter in the report submitted with the fifth annual report. Mr. Simpson printed his contribution in the papers of the United States National Museum, and Mr. G. D. Harris published that portion of his work representing new species in the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy.

Work of the sixth year (1894).-The corps at the beginning of this year consisted of the State geologist, one geologist (Cummins), and a small office force. With the expiration of the appropriation, February 28, the office force was discontinued.

The last field work under the appropriation included a careful examination of the water conditions along the Texas and Pacific Railway, between San Martin and Kent, on the north face of the Davis Mountains, and the investigation of the San Carlos coal field in El Paso County. The lack of an appropriation, however, did not entirely stop the work, for during the year the following investigations were made by Mr. Dumble as State geologist:

That of the water conditions of a large part of Hall County, including the town of Memphis; a similar investigation of the valley of the Pedernales from Fredericksburg westward; examination of the water conditions of the town of Mexia, in which Professor Cummins assisted; a study of the artesian conditions along the International and Great Northern Railroad from Houston to Groveton; a brief investigation of the asphaltum deposits of Burnett County, in company with Doctor Penrose; a study of the Diabolo Mountain section in the vicinity of the Hazel mine. Professor Cummins assisted in this last and spent the remainder of the season on work in the vicinity of the Eagle Mountains and westward.

The chemical laboratory was reopened, and Mr. Dumble did considerable chemical work during the latter portion of the year in answer to numerous inquiries there for. In the museum considerable progress was made in the rearrangement and classification of the collections.

The publications based on these examinations were as follows:

Cretaceous of West Texas and Coahuila, E. T. Dumble, Bulletin Geological Society of America, volume 6.

Notes on the Texas Tertiaries, E. T. Dumble, Texas Academy of Science, 1894. Soils of Texas, E. T. Dumble, Texas Academy of Science, 1895.

Red Sandstone of the Diabolo Mountains, E. T. Dumble, Texas Academy of Science, 1901.

On the inauguration of C. A. Culberson as governor in 1895, A. J. Rose was appointed commissioner of agriculture, insurance, statistics, and history. After an examination of the amount of correspondence and demands for information on matters pertaining to the geological branch, he reappointed Mr. Dumble State geologist, with the understanding that in event of lack of appropriation for salary Mr. Dumble could collect and retain the regular fees for work in return for carrying on the affairs of the department. This arrangement continued during his term of office as commissioner.

The twenty-fourth legislature passed an appropriation for continuing the survey for two years from March 1, 1895, but this was vetoed by Governor Culberson.

During 1895 and 1896 Mr. Dumble investigated and reported on the water supply of the cities of Galveston, Houston, Palestine, Denison, and Taylor, made numerous examinations of mineral deposits in various portions of the State, attended to the very considerable correspondence of the office and completed the arrangement of the collections in the museum. The fees collected for the two years amounted to a little over $3,600.

In March, 1897, Mr. Dumble was appointed consulting geologist for the Southern Pacific Company, after which, until the close of his connection with the department in February, 1899, the work done for the survey was confined entirely to the correspondence.

The legislature which met in 1899 provided for the transfer of the laboratory, library, and collections of the geological survey to the University of Texas, and this was done.

Expenses. The expenditures of the survey up to December 15, 1888, amounted to $3,983.71:

Salaries of State and assistant geologist...

Salary of State chemist...

Salary of clerks...

Equipment

Field expenses.

Other expenses.

$1,348. 87

164, 88

664, 00

997. 12

785.85

22.99

$3,983. 71

From December 15, 1888, to December 31, 1889, the appropriations and expenditures were as follows:

From January 1, 1890, to December 31, 1890, the appropriations

and expenditures were as follows:

Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1889

Appropriation Mar. 1, 1890, to Feb. 28, 1891_-

Expended:

Salaries.

Field equipment

Field expenses-

Instruments and apparatus__

Furniture and fittings..

Books and maps

Laboratory supplies...

Printing---.

Office supplies.

Incidentals

Balance

$7,588.72

35,000.00

$23, 851. 49

766.02

6, 104. 00

318. 55

490. 18

981. 78

927.09

371. 65

37.65 399.63

8, 340. 68

$42, 588. 72

From January 1, 1891, to December 31, 1891, the appropriations and expenditures of the geological survey were as follows:

Appropriation for traveling and other expenses of an investiga tion into the utilization of lignite:

Amount of appropriation.......
Amount expended.......

Balance..

$3,000.00

1,553. 75

$1,446.25

Appropriation and expenditures from January 1, 1892, to December 31, 1892:

Balance unexpended Dec. 31, 1891.
Appropriation Mar. 1, 1892, to Feb. 28, 1893_.

$9, 010. 93

35,000.00

Balance...

5, 163. 77

$44,010, 93

Appropriation for traveling and other expenses of an investigation into the utilization of lignite:

Balance

Amount expended.

$1,446. 25

1.446. 25

Appropriation and expenditures from January 1, 1893, to Febru

FIRST SURVEY UNDER CHARLES B. ADAMS AND ZADOCK THOMPSON,

1844-1856.

The matter of a geological survey of Vermont was first brought to the consideration of the general assembly during the administration of Governor Jennison in 1836, and the following year (October session, 1837) the subject was referred to the committee on education, on whose behalf Governor Eaton submitted to the senate a report, an extract of which forms Appendix 5 in the preliminary report on the natural history of the State of Vermont, prepared by Judge Augustus Young in 1856.