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Ringwood Creek, reservoir site on; 35

River street, Paterson, view of; 26

River Vale, rainfall at; 11, 12

Rockaway Basin, reservoir sites on; 37-38, 40, 41

Rockaway River, flood period on; 10

Saddle River, reservoir sites on; 39-40

Sherrerd, M. R., aid by; 15

Smith, G. W., quoted on changes in channel at Little Falls; 25

South Orange, rainfall at; 11, 12

Splitrock Pond, reservoir site on; 38

Spruce street, Paterson, washout at, plate showing; 26

Stickle Pond, proposed reservoir at; 36

Stony Brook, reservoir site on; 37

Storage reservoirs for preventing floods, discussion of; 28, 31-40

Streams, capacity of, increase in; 28

Vermeule, C. C., quoted on Pompton reservoir; 31-32

Wanaque Basin, reservoir sites in; 34-35, 40, 41

West Street Bridge, Paterson, destruction of; 26

West Brook, reservoir site on; 35

PUBLICATIONS OF UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

The publications of the United States Geological Survey consist of (1) Annual Reports; (2) Monographs; (3) Professional Papers; (4) Bulletins; (5) Mineral Resources; (6) Water-Supply and Irrigation Papers; (7) Topographic Atlas of United States, folios and separate sheets thereof; (8) Geologic Atlas of United States, folios thereof. The classes numbered 2, 7, and 8 are sold at cost of publication; the others are distributed free. A circular giving complete lists may be had on application.

The Bulletins, Professional Papers, and Water-Supply Papers treat of a variety of subjects, and the total number issued is large. They have therefore been classified into the following series: A, Economic geology; B, Descriptive geology; C, Systematic geology and paleontology; D, Petrography and mineralogy; E, Chemistry and physics; F, Geography; G, Miscellaneous; H, Forestry; I, Irrigation; J, Water storage; K, Pumping water; L, Quality of water; M, General hydrographic investigations; N, Water power; O, Underground waters; P, Hydrographic progress reports. The following Water-Supply Papers are out of stock, and can no longer be supplied: Nos. 1-14, 19, 20, 22, 29-33, 46, 57-64. Complete lists of series I to P follow. (WS=Water-Supply Paper; B=Bulletin; PP=Professional Paper.)

SERIES I--IRRIGATION.

WS 2. Irrigation near Phoenix, Ariz., by A. P. Davis. 1897. 98 pp., 31 pls. and maps.

WS 5. Irrigation practice on the Great Plains, by E. B. Cowgill. 1897. 39 pp., 11 pls.

WS 9. Irrigation near Greeley, Colo., by David Boyd. 1897. 90 pp., 21 pls.

WS 10. Irrigation in Mesilla Valley, New Mexico, by F. C. Barker. 1898. 51 pp., 11 pls.

WS 13. Irrigation systems in Texas, by W. F. Hutson. 1898. 68 pp., 10 pls.

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