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During 1895 the study of Maryland geology was pushed along
various lines, Professor Clark continuing his observations upon the
geology of the Coastal Plain and conducting two geological excursions
into the tidewater area. Two articles were published by him dealing
with Maryland geology, the first entitled " Contributions to the Eocene
fauna of the Middle Atlantic Slope"¹ and the second "Cretaceous
Deposits of the Northern Half of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. " "

Dr. Edward B. Mathews, who had been appointed instructor in
mineralogy and petrography in 1894, took up the work of Professor
Williams in the Piedmont Plateau, devoting his attention especially
to the northern counties of the belt.

Several contributions were made at this time upon Maryland geology
by the students of the department, viz.: by H. S. Gane³ on " Neocene
Corals, " by A. Bibbins ⁴ on " The Paleontology of the Potomac For-
mation, " by J. A. Mitchell⁵ on " The Discovery of Fossil Tracks in the
Newark System (Jura-Trias) of Frederick County, " and by D. E.
Roberts' on " The Cretaceous Formations of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland. "

During the year 1896 the investigations of the instructors and
students of the Johns Hopkins University have been so closely identi-
fied with the work of the Maryland Geological Survey that it is not
necessary to describe the researches in detail, since most of the results
will find place in the future publications of the Survey.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORK OF THE RECENTLY ORGANIZED STATE

BUREAUS.

The state of Maryland during the last three decades since the Civil
War has done very little, until the organization of the Geological
Survey, to encourage an investigation of her physical resources. The
bureaus which have been established were restricted in their opera-
tions, so that comparatively little progress has been made in the study

¹ Johns Hopkins Univ. Circ. No. 121, vol. xv, 1895, pp. 2-5.
² Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., vol. vi, 1895, pp. 479-482.

³ Johns Hopkins Univ. Circ. No. 121, vol. xv, 1895, pp. 8-10.

⁴ Ibid. p. 17. ⁵Ibid. p. 15. ⁶ Ibid. p. 1G.