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foreign countries for an atlas of commercial geology. The base maps for Part I of the atlas, which deals with the production of minerals, were transferred to stone, and the geologic data were being prepared for reproduction in colors.

During the year G. W. Stose, the geologist in charge of the section, edited geologically the maps and other illustrations for 36 reports other than folios.

SECTION OF TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS.

At the beginning of the year 143 topographic maps were on hand for publication, and the accessions during the year were 118, making a total of 261 maps. Of these, 2 (Springdale and Maysville, Ohio) were combined in a single map, 180 have been published, 69 are in process of engraving and printing, and 10 have not yet been transmitted to the engraving division. One old map has also been republished in a new edition. Of the maps published (see notices on pp. 38-58), 142 are new maps engraved on copper, 30 are new maps reproduced by photolithography, and 8 (two of them photolithographs) are new combinations of maps otherwise published previously. The following statement shows the comparative status of map editing and map publication on June 30 for the last nine years:

Progress of map publication for nine years ended June 30, 1919.

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The manuscripts edited during the year comprise 83 maps prepared for engraving, 30 maps for photolithography, 4 maps of Army cantonments, 169 maps or sheets for the illustration of 21 Survey reports, and corrections for 129 maps about to be reprinted. The proof read comprises 156 new topographic maps and corrections to 49 old maps. The index maps for 6 circulars of the series 9-323 and for 5 of the State circulars were revised and reprinted.

Four men were employed in this section for nine months and five men for three months.

DIVISION OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.

TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AND FOLIOS.

During the year 140 topographic maps were engraved and printed, including the Maysville and Springdale (Ohio-Ky.) maps combined and printed as one map, the Morning View (Ky.) fractional map combined with and printed as part of the Felicity (Ohio) map, and the Mingo (W. Va.) fractional map printed as part of the Webster Spring (W. Va.) map; 30 new topographic war maps were photo

lithographed and printed in black and colors; 9 special maps showing Army cantonments were compiled and printed with special texts; and a new map of Rocky Mountain National Park was issued, making a total of 180 new maps printed and delivered. One other map was republished in a new edition.

Corrections were engraved on the plates of 126 maps. Of these maps 104 were intended for reprint editions, 1 was in hand for printing, and 21 were corrected for other purposes. Thirteen photolithographic State maps and 4 photolithographed topographic maps in four colors were corrected and reprinted, and reprint editions of 59 maps in hand at the beginning of the year were completed.

Of the new and reprinted maps 360 different editions, amounting to 945,293 copies, were printed and delivered to the map room. This is an increase of 61 editions and 241,955 copies over the preceding year.

One new geologic folio (Colchester-Macomb, Ill.) was published during the year. The edition of this folio was 3,873 copies. Extra geologic maps of this folio amounting to 140 copies were also delivered.

OTHER GOVERNMENT MAP PRINTING.

The following war work was done for different branches of the War Department and Navy Department and for other branches of the Government: For the General Staff (Committee on Education and Special Training), map of Camp De Lassigny and 14 French mission maps; for the Bureau of Aircraft Production, charts and diplomas for air service radio schools, French map (Commercy), 3 French maps, photographic mosaic of Washington, D. C., and vicinity, and miscellaneous work; for the Department of Military Aeronautics, conventional map signs (British and French), map of Mulberry Island, motor-fuel distillation blank and enlargements of topographic maps; for the office of the Chief of Engineers, 3 French maps (Rethal, Vouziers, Somme-Py), circular map enlarged from three Belgian maps, map of Camp Hancock, Ga., maps of Belgium, and miscellaneous work; for the United States Marine Corps, conventional map signs (British and French); for the Quartermaster Corps, 269 German maps, map of Vailly, France, 5 charts for War Department Document 385, and United States base map; for` the Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va., map of Vailly, France; for the Motor Transport Corps (training branch), instruction charts; for the Chemical Warfare Service (gas-defense division), a large amount of photographic and photolithographic work including editions of 97 diagrams, tracing, charts, etc.; for the Chemical Warfare Service (gas-investigations division), a large amount of photographic and photolithographic work including editions of 817 diagrams, drawings, tracings, etc.; for the United States Lake Survey,

Detroit, Mich., transfers of 5 sheets for progressive military map of the United States; for the Navy Department, diagrams of Curtiss airplane; for the Bureau of Navigation, map showing military camps in the vicinity of Washington for use of naval flyers on Hampton Roads; for the Hydrographic Office, bromide enlargements of 12sheet map of the Atlantic Ocean; for the Bureau of Construction and Repair, a large amount of photographic and photolithographic work including editions of 276 camouflage designs of ships; for the Department of State, 29 maps of South American countries; for the Council of National Defense, a large amount of photographic and photolithographic work including editions of 434 diagrams, drawings, graphs, etc.; for the United States Food Administration, bromide enlargements of charts and other miscellaneous work; for the United States Fuel Administration, map showing congested manufacturing districts, ruled diagrams, and other miscellaneous work; for the War Trade Board, base map of the world (Mercator projection), editons of diagrams and charts, and other miscellaneous work; for the Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics, a large amount of miscellaneous photographic and photolithographic work; for the Bureau of Mines, under appropriations for war materials investigations, argon-gas investigation, chemical plant No. 4, explosive regulation, and war minerals relief, a large amount of photographic and photolithographic work; for the Bureau of Standards, editions of 381 pages of technical manuscript. On order of the Bureau of Standards, two large position mirrors were ruled in centimeter squares for the use of the Ordnance Department. Miscellaneous war work was also done for the Committee on Training Camp Activities, Department of Labor, United States Shipping Board, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, War Industries Board, Service Bureau (Committee on Public Information), Federal Board for Vocational Education, and United States Railroad Administration.

The following war work was done through the topographic branch: Eleven aviation maps; 77 special engraved and photolithographed military maps; map of Camp De Lassigny; plan of destruction; map of Gunpowder Neck (7 sheets); maps of Camp Humphreys, Camp Hancock (4 sheets), Camp Abraham Eustis, Camp Jackson (5 sheets), military post J-18, Mulberry Island, Fort Omaha balloon field (3) sheets); map showing war activities; form (report of military surveys); and other miscellaneous work. For the geologic branch war work was done as follows: Eight maps of South American countries, mineral-reserve maps of Europe (91 sheets), 9 maps of Africa, mineralreserve maps of Australia and other islands (8 maps), mineralreserve maps of Latin America (55 maps). Miscellaneous war work was also done for the water-resources branch and the administrative branch.

For the Government Printing Office the following items were printed and delivered: Illustrations for the annual reports of the governor of Alaska, the governor of Hawaii, the Commissioner-General of Immigration, and the Director of National Parks; Census reports, Volume I (Population, general report and analysis), Volume II (Report by States, etc., Alabama to Montana), Volume III (Population, report by States, Nebraska to Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico), Volume V (Agriculture, general report and analysis); reports of the Federal Trade Commission on the fertilizer industry, price of gasoline, packing (Methods of the five packers), and pipe-line transportation of petroleum; Department of Agriculture Bulletin 755; Atlas of American Agriculture, Part I, section 1, Part V, section 1, and Part VIII, section 1; Report on a reconnaissance of the soils, agriculture and other resources of the Kenai Peninsula region of Alaska; Bureau of Mines Bulletin 107; Department of Commerce Special Publication 18; United States Coast Pilot, Sections A and E; American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, 1921 and 1922; Geological Survey Bulletins 551, 552, 641-F, 664, 668, 678, 683, 686-B, 686-C, 686-D, 686-E, 686-F, 686-G, 686-H, 686-I, 686–J, 686-K, 686-L, 686-M, 686–N, 686–O, 686–P, 686–Q, 686-R, 686–S, 691-E, 691-F, 691-M, 692-E, 692–G, 710-A, 711-A, Professional Papers 112, 120-H, Water-Supply Papers 427, 428; Mineral Resources 1917, chapters on peat and quicksilver; topographic instructions of the United States Geological Survey. In addition, the following separate illustrations were printed and delivered to the Government Printing Office: For the War Department, Ordnance Pamphlet 216, Orientation for Coast Artillery (Appendix 1 to Part III), conventional map signs for War Document 418 and for report on aerial navigation; for the Navy Department, organization chart-Bureau of Supplies and Accounts; for the Department of State, map of Spitzbergen and Bear Island; for the Alaskan Engineering Commission, plats of three Alaska town sites; for the Department of the Interior, township diagram and plat; for the National Park Service, maps for 8 circulars giving general information regarding national parks, sketch map of Mount Rainier and its glaciers, map showing mountaineering in Rocky Mountain National Park, map showing life zones in Glacier National Park; for the Department of Agriculture, base and outline maps of the United States by counties and States, relief map of United States, maps showing quarantine for Texas fever of cattle, map showing world production, map showing spread of the Mexican cotton boll weevil, and protractor diagrams.

The following work was done for other bureaus and departments: For the General Land Office, 1,242 township plats, 463 mineral plats, plats of 3 town sites, 13 State maps showing enlarged homestead areas, and other miscellaneous work; for the National Park Service,

maps of four national parks, 2 automobile tour maps, 7 automobile guide maps, 2 maps showing proposed enlargements of national parks, automobile wind-shield stickers for eight national parks, firewarning signs, and other miscellaneous work; for the Department of the Interior, floor plans of new Interior Building, department seal, and miscellaneous work; for the Bureau of Mines, maps of world, charts, diagrams, and other miscellaneous work; for the Reclamation Service, 8 maps of projects, 2 State maps, 17 sheets of the Rio Grande drainage survey, map of Colorado River storage, 5 farm-unit plats, township plats, and diagrams, and miscellaneous work; for the Forest Service, maps of 76 national forests, index maps for districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, 13 proclamation maps of national forests, homestead-entry plats, grazing quadrat sheet, allotment-estimate sheets, triangulationrecord cards, statistical-atlas page headings, labels, forms, and other miscellaneous work.

Miscellaneous work was also done for the Interstate Commerce Commission, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, International Boundary Commissions, Bureau of Crop Estimates, Biological Survey, Bureau of Chemistry, Bureau of Entomology, States Relations Service, Weather Bureau, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Bureau of Lighthouses, Smithsonian Institution,. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Bureau of Education, and Alaskan Engineering Commission.

This work for various branches of the Government included numerous reprint editions and amounted to about $130,000, for which the appropriation for engraving and printing geologic maps was reimbursed by transfer of credit on the books of the United States Treasury.

Work was also done for the College of Liberal Arts; Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; Virginia Geological Survey, Charlottesville, Va.; Iowa Geological Survey, Des Moines, Iowa; and Columbia Planograph Co., Washington, D. C.; and the money received in payment for the work, amounting to $374.60, was turned into the Treasury of the United States to be credited to miscellaneous receipts. On requisition of the Government Printing Office, 299 transfer impressions were made and shipped to contracting printers. Under cooperative agreements, transfer impressions were furnished without charge to the State Geological Surveys of Illinois, Ohio, New York, and West Virginia.

A large amount of miscellaneous work relating to the map publications was also done, including index circulars and lists of geologic folios, topographic maps, and State maps.

Of contract and miscellaneous printing of all kinds, 2,935,543 copies were printed. Including topographic maps and geologic folios a grand total of 3,884,849 copies were printed and delivered during the year, an increase of nearly 20 per cent over the previous year.

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