NJDEP - NJGS - First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the ...

of them, yet, as a general role, I do Jot think the plan is aneconomical one; for in every department of the survey_ it isnecessary that each member of it should know his duty, andattend to it zealously. The applicants or volunteers are chiefly• young men, who have just completed their collegiate education,without any fixed business habits, and ia some cases unsettledas to the choice of a profession. They enter upon thesurvey, and in n few'weeks, becoming dissatisfied, desire to_6try some other department. The result is, that the party hecomesdlsorganizcd, operations temporarily suspended_ until areorganization can be made; and thns, indirectly, a greater expenseincurred than would compensate competent assistants.In making the above remarks, I do not wish to convey theidea that such has been the case with all the volunteers whohave been engaged in the survey. Some of them have beenof much service to the State, and I trust have received in returninuch useful and practical information. This statementam ifiduced to make on account of the numerous applicationsfor such situatlons_ as well as for the purpose of removing theimpression received by many, that such services must diminishthe expense of the survey.The following is an abstract of the disbursements in prosecuting.thesurvey for the year ending December 31, 1854:For services, _3,680 10" instruments and _pparatus, 133 50 ," incidentals, 186, 40 'Amount, $4,000 00Appropriation for survey_ made March2d, 1854, --.$4,000 0".0_STIMATE OFIEXPENSES FOR THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDREDANDFIFTY-FIVE.Th'o foilowlng is an abstract of the expenses for prosecutingthe survey in an expeditious and economical mannei'_for theyear eighteen hundred and fihy-five:NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY