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APPENDIX IV LIST OF REPORTS OF COMMITTEES APPOINTED ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT Report of the committee on weights, measures, and coinage.* Ann. Rep. for ~863, pp. -. Report on the protection of bottoms of iron vessels from corrosion, etc. Ann. Rep. for ~863, pp. 2~-23. Report of the chairman of the compass committee to the National Academy of Sciences, January, ~864. Ann. Rep. for ~863, pp. 23-96, 7 pls. Report of the committee on Saxton's alcoholometer. Ann. Rep. for ~863, pp. 96-97. Report of the committee of the National Academy of Sciences appointed to exernine the "Wind and Current Charts" and " Sailing Directions " issued from the Naval Observatory. Ann. Rep. for ~863, pp. 98-~2. Report of the committee on tests for purity of whiskey. Ann. Rep. for ~864, p. 5. Report on the operations of the joint commission on the expansion of steam. Ann. Rep. for ~864, pp. 5-7. Report of the committee appointed to test the suitableness of aluminum bronze for coinage and other purposes. Ann. Rep. for ~ 864, pp. Rio. Report on the explosion of a boiler on the United States gunboat Chenango. Ann. Rep. for ~ 864, pp. to-do. Report of the committee on Greytow-n Harbor, Nicaragua. Ann. Rep. for ~866, pp. 4-~6, ~ chart. tReport on coating iron head-blocks with zinc.] Ann. Rep. for ~866, pp. ~7-~8. Report of the committee on methods of inspecting and assessing tax on dis- tilled spirits. Ann. Rep. for ~866, pp. ~8-38. * For convenience of reference, the wording of the titles follows as closely as practicable that given in the reports cited. 348 i

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APPENDICES 349 Report of the committee on methods of inspecting distilled spirits subject to duty. Ann. Rep. for ~867, pp. ~2-44. tReport on the question of the value of the water-proofing process employed in the manufacture of the fractional currency.] In House Misc. Doc. no. ~63, part a, 44th Congress, fist Session, pp. 22-28, Apr. 3, ~ 876. Report on surveys of the Territories. Ann. Rep. for ~878, pp. ~9-22; also House Misc. Doc. no. 5, 45th Congress, 3d Session, pp. ~-~7, Dec. 3, ~878. Report on the sorghum sugar industry. Sen. Misc. Doc. no. 5~, 47th Congress, ad Session. 8°, pp. ~-~52. Washington, ~883. Report on methylated spirits. Ann. Rep. for ~883, pp. 57-63. Report on glucose. Ann. Rep. for ~883, pp. 65-~43; also separate. Report on the national surveys and signal service. Ann. Rep. for ~884, pp. 33-63; also in Sen. Misc. Doc. no. 82, 48th Congress, fist Session, pp. ~-37~. ~886. Report on customs duty on philosophical and scientific apparatus. Ann. Rep. for ~884, pp. 65-67. Report on the astronomical day, the eclipse of the sun in ~886, and the erection of a new Naval Observatory. Ann. Rep. for ~885, pp. 35-79; also Sen. Exec. Doc. no. 67, 48th Con- gress, fist Session, February lo, ~886. Report on tariff classification of wool. Ann. Rep. for ~885, pp. 8~-99; also Treas. Dep. Doc. 805, ~886. Report on opium. Ann. Rep. for ~886, pp. 39-40. Report on opium, ~887. Ann. Rep. for i887, pp. 3~-35. Report on sugar determinations. Ann. Rep. for ~887, pp. 37-45. Preliminary report on the investigation of the north magnetic pole. Ann. Rep. for ~890, pp. 33-35. A conventional standard of color. (Preliminary correspondence.) Ann. Rep. for ~893, pp. 43-46. tReport on specifications for the practical application of the definitions of the ampere and volt.] Ann. Rep. for ~895, pp. 9-~3; also Sen. Misc. Doc. no. ~5, 53d Con- gress, 3d Session, February ~9, ~895; see also Ann. Rep. for ~894, PP. 39-42. 24

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35o APPENDICES Report of the commission appointed by the National Academy of Sciences upon a forest policy for the forested lands of the United States. Ann. Rep. for ~897, pp. 29-73; also, separate, Washington, Government Printing Office, ~ 897. 8°, pp. ~-47. tReport on the question of establishing a forest reserve on the Southern Appa- lachian region.] Ann.Rep.for~902,p.~6. [Report on the Declaration of Independence.] Ann. Rep. for ~903, pp. ~3-~5. Report on scientific surveys of the Philippine Islands. Ann. Rep. for ~904, pp. 2~-33; also Sen. Doc. no. ~45, Seth Congress, 3d Session, February 7, ~905. 8°, pp. ~-22. Report on the conduct of scientific work under the United States Government. Ann. Rep. for ~908, pp. 27-3~; also House Doc. no. ~337, 60th Con- gress, ad Session, January ~ 8, ~909. 8°, pp. ~-5.

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