ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 7

 Preparation of Reports:-Upon completion of the field work, a large amount of office and laboratory work is necessary in order to get a report upon a given subject in shape for the press. In the case of the present report on the clays, much detailed laboratory work was necessary in order to get the results of the physical and burning tests of the several samples. Chemical analyses, are frequently made and maps and drawings are prepared to show the location of the deposits, and the arrangement or order of the manuscript must be considered, as well as the final proof reading while going through the press. The illustrations of the reports, too, are selected with care and aid in visualizing the occurrence and preparation of the natural product for the market.
 Publications of the Survey:-The results of the investigations by the Survey are issued in the form of annual reports. These reports are issued as a whole volume and also the papers making up the volume are bound separately. By this method anyone interested only in some particular subject treated in the whole report can obtain it by getting only the separate paper. These reports are distributed free to all residents and to all boards of trade or corresponding bodies in the State, and to the libraries of the State and to certain exchange libraries of the United States and foreign countries. Requests for publications from residents of States other than Florida should be accompanied with postage. In addition to the annual reports the Survey has issued two bulletins and twelve press bulletins. A complete list of the reports so far issued by the Survey may be had by writing the State Geologist, Tallahassee.