of the State of Maryland with reference to their economic products.
and for the preparation of reports and maps illustrating the character
and distribution of the mineral resources. It likewise carries on
work In hydrography, forestry, terrestrial magnetism, and the map-
ping of the agricultural soils in co-operation with the National Gov-
ernment. The most important feature of this joint work is the prep-
aration and publication of a topographic map of the State on the
scale of 1 miles to 1 inch.

HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, STATE—College Park, Md.

NAME. POSTOFFICE.
State Entomologist,
Prof. Thomas B. Symons...............College Park.

State Pathologist,
Prof. J. B. S. Norton. ................ ..College Park.

State Horticulturist,
Prof. C. L. Close. ..................... .College Park.

The State Horticultural Department is an adjunct of the Maryland
Agricultural College, and has charge of the suppression and eradica-
tion of all plant diseases and insect pests.

The Department consists of a State Entomologist, a State Patholo-
gist and a State Horticulturist, who shall be respectively the Pro-
fessor of Entomology, the Professor of Pathology and the Professor
of Horticulture of the Maryland Agricultural College. (Ch. 289-,
1898.)

HEALTH, STATE BOARD OF.
No. 10 South Street, Baltimore.

NAME. P0STOFFICE, TERM EXPIRES.

Dr. Howard Brattan. ........ ..Elkton. ................... .1912
D. H. Thomas, Jr., Engineer. . .Baltimore. ................ .1912
Dr. William H. Welsh. ...... ..Baltimore. ................ .1914
Dr. Lewis A. Griffith. ........ .Upper Marlboro. .......... .1914

Dr. Marshall L. Price, Secretary, 10 South Street, Baltimore.

The Board consists of the Attorney General, Health Commissioner
of Baltimore, a Secretary appointed by the Board and four members
appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, two bien-
nially for a term of four years from the first day In January. Of
those appointed by the Governor, three shall be physicians and one a
Civil Engineer. (P. O. L., Art. 43, Sec. 1.)