Excerpt from Supplement to the List and Catalogue of the Publications: Issued by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1816-1902 By act of Congress passed February 14, 1903, the Coast and Geodetic Survey was, on July I, 1903, transferred from the Treasury Department to the Department of Com merce and Labor. All of the publications available for issue except the Coast Pilots and Tide Tables, which are sold at the cost of paper and printing, may be obtained, free of charge, on application to the Superintendent of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D. C. 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.

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