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Accounts, Division of, 52, 66.
Activities, classification of, 69, 70.
Africa, west coast of, eclipse expedi-
tion to, 14.

Alaska-Canada boundary, 13.
Alaska, official map of, compiled, 13.
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, investiga-
tion of Survey by, 7.
Archives, 46, 47.

Assistant Director: appointment of,
55; office of, 45, 62.
Astronomic work, 30, 40-42.
Azimuth, observations for, 41.

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Coast Survey: Establishment rec-
ommended by President, I; execu-
tion entrusted to Secretary of the
Treasury, 1; nature of original
project, 2; permanent plan of or-
ganization adopted, 5; change of
name from Survey of the Coast, 4;
change of name to Coast and
Geodetic Survey.

Commerce, Department of, transfer
of Survey to, II.

Commissioned personnel, 54-58.
Congressional investigations of the
Survey, 5, 10.

Coöperation with British Govern-
ment, 13; with Mexican Govern-
ment, 13, 33; with other foreign
governments, 13; with other
United States government services,
30, 42-44.

Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army:
coöperation with, 43; hydrographic
and triangulation work of, 9, 15.

Datum, standard, 11; North Ameri-
can, 13.

Director: appointment of, 55; office
of, 45, 62.

Eclipse expeditions to Labrador,
Spain, and west coast of Africa,

14.

Employees, commissioned, 54-58;
other, 58, 59. See also Personnel.

Field establishment: geodetic work,
47, 48, 66; hydrographic and topo-
graphic work, 49, 50, 67.

Figure of the earth, determining, 37.
Functions, I.

General Land Office, survey work of,
9, 10.

Geodesy, Division of, 47, 63.

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