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Show CENSUS BUREAU 10 COLLECT JHIHES DATA Washington. D. C, March 1. The geological survey and the " census bureau have entered Into a Joint ngrecment by which the survey s re-loved re-loved of the collecton of statistics of the annual production of minerals for the year 1909 That work Is, by the agreement, merged In tho census bureau's activities ac-tivities under the thirteenth census act, which requrcB a census ot mines and quarries for 1909. Consequently the survey will not tbjr year -send Its own tlcbedules di-rectlly di-rectlly to the mme and quarry operators. opera-tors. The census bureau's general and supplementary schedules relative to this branch of" its decennial work Include the Inquiries In which the survey sur-vey is Interested and such other data as may bo necessary for the latter'a report will be furnished the survey by tho census bureau. The schedules will be collected by tho census special spe-cial agents and enumerators. The cooperative agreement was in recognition of the necessity of uniformity uni-formity in tho compilation of the statistics, the elimination of duplicate work and the desirability, of economy la the collection of the required data. |