(b) Geological surveys showing the distribution of the geological
formations and mineral deposits of the State.

(c) Agricultural soil surveys showing the areal extent and charac-
ter of the different soils.

(d) Hydrographic surveys to determine the available waters of the
State for potable and industrial uses.

(e) Magnetic surveys to determine the variation of the needle for
land surveys.

The Survey is also authorized to prepare:

(a) Reports on the areal and systematic geology, on the mineral
resources, and on other topics of scientific importance.

(b) Maps of scientific and educational significance on various scales
to meet special needs.

(c) A permanent exhibit of the mineral wealth of the State in the
old Hall of Delegates at the State House to which new materials are
constantly added to keep the collection up-to-date.
Scientific Staff:

Edward B. Mathews, State Geologist.................................................... ...Baltimore
Edward W. Berry, Assistant State Geologist...................................Baltimore
The work of the Survey is essentially that of a bureau of informa-
tion. Each year it distributes about four thousand volumes and
pamphlets, about five thousand maps, and makes several thousand
manuscript reports on special matters dealing with the physical fea-
tures and mineral deposits of the State. To supply up-to-date infor-
mation it is necessary to continue and revise earlier surveys of differ-
ent areas and mineral products of the State.

STATE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY.
Advisory Board of Forestry, 1411 Fidelity Building.

Ex-Officio Members:

Isaiah Bowman, President J. H. U.........................................................................Baltimore
Edward B. Mathews, State Geologist.................................................................Baltimore

Appointed by the Governor (terms expire 1939):
E. R. Jones................................................................................................................................................................Oakland
Robt. G. Foltz.....................................................................................................................Hagerstown
Bernard Dryden ..............................................................................................................Princess Anne

State Forester:
F. W. Besley.......................................................................................................................................Baltimore

The Governor appoints three members, two of whom shall be inter-
ested in the advancement of forestry and one a practical lumberman,
who, with the President of Johns Hopkins University and the State
Geologist, shall constitute the Board.

The terms of those first appointed are Until the first Monday in
May, 1924, and thereafter for two years from the first Monday in May.
Ch. 29,1922.

The Department of Forestry was created and organized to protect
and develop the valuable timber and tree products of the State, and to
carry on a campaign of education and to instruct counties, towns, cor-
porations and individuals as to the advantages and necessity of pro-
tecting from fire and other enemies of the timber lands of the State.
While the power of the Forestry Department rests with the Regents of
the University, acting through the Advisory Board, the detail work is
in the hands and under the management of the State Forester, who if