ILLUSTRATIONS C. A. WECKERLY, Chief Illustrator The number of drawings and photographs prepared by the section of illustrations was 2,738, including 253 maps, 864 sections and diagrams, 512 photographs, and 1,109 paleontologic drawings; 181 miscellaneous jobs were also done by the section. The illustrations transmitted to accompany 36 reports numbered 819, to be reproduced by chromolithography, photolithography, half-tone, and zinc etching. The number of proofs received and examined was 969. At the end of the year material for illustrating 20 reports was in hand. The section consists of eight employees. GEOLOGIC EDITING AND DRAFTING OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS GEORGE W. STOSE, Editor of Geologic Maps The geologic map of New Mexico was completed as a folio during the year. The Fairfield-Gettysburg (Pa.) folio was nearly completed, all but its structure maps having been printed. The maps and sections of the Coatesville-West Chester (Pa.) and GaffneyKings Mountain (S. C.-N. C.) folios reached stone proof. The maps of the Somerset-Windber (Pa.) and Montevallo-Columbiana (Ala.) folios were engraved. The maps of the Boston (Mass.) folio were approved for engraving. The Hollidaysburg-Huntingdon (Pa.) folio was prepared for engraving. Maps and illustrations for 29 reports other than folios were edited for geology in the section, and 60 geologic maps and illustrations for 17 reports were drawn for geologists of the geologic branch. Material progress was made on the compilation of the geologic map of the United States. The geologic map of Virginia, compiled in the section in cooperation with the Virginia Geological Survey, was published during the year. The geologic map of Florida was edited and published for the Florida Geological Survey. The geologic map of Arkansas was edited and prepared for printing for the Arkansas Geological Survey, and the map reached color proof. The geologic map of Kentucky was edited and prepared for printing for the Kentucky Geological Survey, and the map was engraved. The compilation of the geologic map of Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey was completed. INSPECTION AND EDITING OF TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS. W. M. BEAMAN, Chief During the year 57 new topographic maps were edited and transmitted for engraving, 164 published topographic maps, 9 State maps, and 11 State index circulars were edited for reprint, and 289 maps were edited as illustrations for Geological Survey reports a total of 530 maps edited. First, second, combined, and woodland proofs of engravings for new topographic maps and reprints numbering 432 and proofs of maps reproduced by photolithography in one to three colors numbering 168 were read. At the end of the year 109 new topographic maps were in progress of engraving and printing and 154 new topographic maps and projects were in preparation for submission for reproduction. DISTRIBUTION R. C. SHELSE, Chief A total of 334 publications, comprising 59 new books and pamphlets, 1 new geologic folio, 76 new or revised topographic and other maps, and 200 reprinted topographic and other maps, were received by the division of distribution during the year. A number of special pamphlets and forms for administrative use were also delivered and distributed. The total units of all publications received numbered 128,231 books and pamphlets, 5,140 geologic folios, and 758,542 topographic and other maps, a grand total of 891,913. The division distributed 129,478 books and pamphlets, 9,826 geologic folios, and 835,851 maps, a grand total of 975,155, of which 8,910 geologic folios and 717,349 maps were sold. The sum received and deposited in the Treasury as the result of sales of publications was $49,289.38, including $45,050.14 for topographic and geologic maps and $4,239.24 for geologic folios. In addition to this $2,823.54 was repaid by other establishments of the Federal Government at whose request maps or folios were furnished. The total receipts, therefore, were $52,112.92. The division received and answered 89,167 letters. ENGRAVING AND PRINTING S. J. KUBEL, Chief Engraver During the fiscal year 67 new topographic maps were engraved and printed, including 7 revised maps. Two fractional sheets for Trempealeau County, Wis., were also engraved but not printed. Seven new maps were photolithographed and printed, and extra copies of 2 geologic maps from folios were printed, making a total of 76 new maps printed and delivered. Corrections were engraved on the plates of 164 maps. Reprint editions of 190 engraved topographic maps and 10 photolithographed State and other maps were printed and delivered. In addition, 52 new topographic maps had been engraved and were in press June 30, and the engraving of 16 other new topographic maps was nearly completed. Of new and reprinted maps, 261 different editions, amounting to 754,592 copies, were delivered. One new geologic folio was printed, its edition amounting to 5,140 copies. Extra geologic sheets of folios numbering 690 copies were also delivered. OTHER GOVERNMENT MAP PRINTING A large amount of work was done for the Government Printing Office, the office of the Secretary of the Interior, the Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Education, General Land Office, National Park Service, Office of Indian Affairs, Alaska Railroad, Bureau of Pensions, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Bureau of Public Roads, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Bureau of Plant Industry, Forest Service, Bureau of Biological Survey, Bureau of Entomology, Weather Bureau, Plant Quarantine and Control Administration, Bureau of Standards, Bureau of Lighthouses, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Bureau of Mines, Bureau of Fisheries, Federal Radio Commission, Department of Labor, Department of State, War Department, Post Office Department, Treasury Department, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Power Commission, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Commission of Fine Arts, International Boundary Commission, International Exposition (Seville, Spain), Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of the Public Health Service, Office of the Chief of Engineers, United States Marine Corps, Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States Veterans' Bureau, Architect of the Capitol, Washington Suburban Sanitary District, Library of Congress, Philadelphia Regional Planning Federation, Purdue University, and the States of New Hampshire, Georgia, New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Delaware. This work done for other branches of the Government and State governments included many reprints, and the charges for it amounted to about $135,000, for which the appropriation for engraving and printing geologic and topographic maps was reimbursed. Transfer impressions numbering 400 were made during the year, including 200 furnished to contracting lithographic printers on requisition of the Government Printing Office, 5 furnished to other branches of the Government, 72 furnished to State surveys, and 123 furnished to private firms. The amount turned over to miscellaneous receipts was $633.15. Of contract and miscellaneous work of all kinds, 2,611,671 copies were printed. Including topographic maps and geologic folios, a grand total of 3,372,093 copies were printed and delivered. PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORY The output of the photographic laboratory consisted of 11,103 negatives (4,215 wet, of which 3,408 were for photolithographs), 60 paper, 1,807 dry, and 5,021 field negatives), 645 lantern slides, 25,931 prints (4,085 maps and diagrams and 21,846 photographs for illustrations), 3,052 zinc plates, 201 zinc etchings, 47 celluloid prints, 99 lantern slides colored, 1 transparency colored, 24 prints colored, and 1,600 prints mounted. ADMINISTRATION JULIAN D. SEARS, Administrative Geologist JOHN J. MADĪGAN, Chief Clerk The administrative geologist assists the director in all phases of general administration, performs special tasks assigned to him by the director from time to time, serves as acting director in the director's absence, and has special supervision over the section of illustrations. per The chief clerk, in addition to performing the duties usually taining to that office, serves as budget officer and exercises administrative supervision over the division of engraving and printing, the division of distribution, the section of correspondence and records, the section of accounts, the library, and the division of field equipment. CORRESPONDENCE AND RECORDS C. A. KING, Chief The work of the section of correspondence and records was of the same general character as during the fiscal year 1928. Mails, files, and records.-During the year 101,299 pieces of mail, of which 1,864 were registered, were opened and referred. In addition 160,162 letters were received direct by the other divisions, making a total of 261,461, a decrease of 6 per cent compared with 1928. Of the letters opened in this section 20,173 contained $49,614.94 remitted for Geological Survey publications. In addition $2,085.97 was received as direct office cash sales, making a total of $51,700.91. The number of ordinary letters mailed through the section was 62,351; of registered letters and packages, 952. In addition, 163,226 pieces of mail were sent out direct from other divisions. The total number of outgoing pieces of mail for the Geological Survey was 225,574. Freight and express.-During the year 3,474 pieces of freight and express were handled, 1,798 outgoing and 1,676 incoming. Personnel. The roll of Secretary's appointees numbered 997 at the end of the fiscal year, 120 more than at the end of 1928. The total number of changes in personnel was 536, which included 252 appointments, 132 separations, and 152 miscellaneous changes. During the calendar year 1927, 16,303 days of annual leave and 3,138 days of sick leave were granted, being 68 per cent of the amount of annual leave which could have been taken and 13 per cent of the sick leave it would have been possible to grant. In addition, 6,601 days of leave without pay and furloughs were granted. LIBRARY J. L. V. McCORD, Librarian The year's accessions to the library comprised 13,271 books, pamphlets, and periodicals and 747 maps. The recorded loans were 6,391 books and 186 maps, in addition to those used by the 7,488 readers who consulted the library in person. The catalogue was increased by the addition of 7,616 cards. Title entries to the number of 422 were furnished to the Library of Congress for printing, the proof reading of which involved 121 galleys. Correspondence handled included 2,124 letters received and 2,063 letters sent. Letters and other writings in foreign languages to the number of 142 were translated for other divisions of the Geological Survey. Volumes to the number of 1,080 were collated and prepared for binding, and 573 newly bound volumes were labeled, plated, and shelf listed. Numerous loans were made to libraries both in Washington and in other places, and a considerable volume of reference work was done in the usual course of the library's service to specialists and students, both those in the Geological Survey and others. Work on the bibliography of North American geology has continued. ACCOUNTS C. K. FRANCIS, Chief Condensed statements covering the expenditures from Federal funds during the year are given on the following pages. The amounts expended by States for cooperative work are set forth in the reports of the field branches. |