ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT.
 HERMAN. GUNTER, STATE GEOLOGIST.

 INTRODUCTION.

 The act establishing the Florida State Geological Survey was passed by the. Legislature of 1907, being approved on June 3rd of that year. Among other provisions of the lav is one requiring the State Geologist to make annually to the Governor a report of the progress made by the Survey. Since its establishment the following reports have been issued, the subjects treated being indicated by the titles of the. separate papers listed under each annual report which make up the whole volume.
 Those annual reports followed by an asterisk (*) are no longer available for distribution as a whole volume, owing to exhaustion of supply. It is frequently the case, however, that although the report as a whole is not available some of the separate papers making up the volume may be obtained. When this is the case such separates making up the respective annual reports as are still available are indicated by the. dagger sign (t).

 PUBLICATIONS OF THE FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

 First Annual Report, 1908, 114 pp., 6 pls.*

 This report contains: (i) a sketch of the geology of Florida; (2) a chapter on mineral industries, including phosphate, kaolin or ball clay, brick-making clays, fuller's earth, peat, lime, cement and road-making materials; (3) a bibliography of publications on Florida geology, with a review of the more important papers published previous to the organization of the present Geological Survey.

 Second Annual Report, 1909, 299, pp., 19 pls., 5 text figures, one map.*

 This report contains: (i) a preliminary report on the geology of Florida, with special reference to stratigraphy, including a topographic and geologic map of Florida, prepared in co-operation with the United States Geo5