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Excerpt from Reports of Progress, 1878, Vol. 4 The twelve reports of this volume concern a part of the work of the Survey which was done in the years 1875 The various subjects have all a more or less intimate relation to reports contained in the earlier volumes of the Survey. In order to facilitate reference to these earlier reports, I shall now proceed to consider the subject-matter of the several sections of this volume, making in each case reference to the other work done by the Survey on the same subjects. In this task I must limit myself to the more important points of relation between these several contributions, otherwise this introduction would swell to the proportions of a full volume in itself. It is my intention to have the forthcoming seventh volume of these reports given up to a careful series of ia dexes, intended to guide the inquirer to all the various publi cations of the Survey. This index, which will take account of the publications of the first as well as of the second Sur vey of the Commonwealth, will bring together the information contained in twelve or more volumes of Reports and Memoirs. It cannot, however, be published before 1879, and its appear ance will depend upon the continuance of the appropriations for the Survey. For immediate purposes it is therefore, ad visable to give this introduction, showing the general relation of these papers to those which have gone before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.