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Show I BURKAU WILL .AID SURVEY WORK WA SI 1 INGTON. March 1. The geological geo-logical survey and the census bureau lave entered Into a jolnL arrangement, by which the survey Is relieved of the collection col-lection of statistics of the annual production pro-duction of minerals for the year 1901'. That work Is. by the agreement, merged in the census bureau's activities "ndcr tho thirteenth census act. which requires a census or mines and quarries fo- J 000. Concnucntly. the survey will not this J car send its own schedules directly to the ;nlne and quarry operators. The census cen-sus bureau's general and supplementary schedules relative to this branch of Its decennial work Include the inquiries In which the survey Is Interested nnd such other data as may be necessary for Ihe hitlers reports will be furnished the sur-c sur-c by the ce-nsus bureau. The schedules will be collected by the census special agfiils and enumerators. The co-operative arrangement was In recognition of I lie necessity of uniformity uniform-ity In the compilation of the statistics, the elimination of duplicate work and In-q In-q ilrles. and the desirability of economy In the collection of tho lequircd dutu. |