Show U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAKES ANNUAL REPORT The annual report of the United States geological survey covering the fiscal year ear ended JUne J ne 30 SO 1907 Just published records some notables notable events in the history of that organization The retire eIt of Director Walcott alcott to assume the of the Smithsonian In Institution Institution Institution wa wai distinctly the most import important Important ant of these events The new director George Otis Smith in this his first re report report report port briefly outlines the changes made under his predecessor Among these changes he mentions the raising of the standard of the topographic maps with the representation thereon of land sub subdivision subdivision division lines and the extension of exact leveling and primary triangulation the placing of the entire topographic and geo geologic geologic geologic logic force within the classified service the obtaining of authority from congress to Issue In advance of the printed vol volume volume volume ume the separate chapters of ot the annual report on mineral resources of the United States the enlargement of the surveys work In mineral resources and geology and the provision for recon reconnaissance reconnaissance reconnaissance surveys of regions of l economic importance The growth of the survey during the thirteen years of or Mr admin administration administration administration is shown by the increase in the extent and the scope of its operations The appropriations for the last fiscal year amounted to more than four tour times the total of those made mode thirteen years ago and there thoro was of course a corre come corresponding spending increase in the amount of field and office work performed The devel development development of the relations between the logical survey and the th public within the same period is measured by a more than fourfold increase in amount of ot official correspondence a nearly fourfold increase in hi number of printed pages in the vari vail various various ous lais reports of the th year and a more than fivefold Increase in copies of maps print printed ed while the tI total annual distribution of f publications books and maps grew from Ie 1 lees 8 th t than ui to nearly nearl a million copies c ples the sales sal increasing from 2100 to more than 18 The extent to which the results of the tho surveys work are now utilized by b the Industrial world worl and by educational l and scientific institutions furnishes the tho best indication of ot the suc sue success cess achieved The completion of the separation be between between between tween the reclamation service and the geological survey and the organization within the survey sune of a technologic branch for testing te fuels and structural materials were also important events of the year yar The report gives detailed account the years rears work In topography geology technology and chemistry and in the collection of statistics of min mineral mineral mm eral resources and mineral production of the United States Especial note is made of surveys survey of coal lands of surveys in Alaska of work relating to water re resources resources resources sources and of coop cooperation ration between the states and the national survey The survey has suffered considerable embarrassment by its success as a train training training training ing school s hool for mining geologists having lost seven geologists during durinS the year through their employment by mining companies at larger salaries The publications of the year rear Q of new documents new maps and 55 reprints of maps |