Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations, Consisting of Messrs. Cannon, Hainer, W. A. Stone, Sayers, and Layton, in Charge of Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill for 1897

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1896 - United States - 292 pages
 

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Page 115 - Provided, That hereafter the report of the mineral resources of the United States shall be issued as a part of the report of the Director of the Geological Survey.
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