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 distilled 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. 
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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 Congress, 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 Congress, 3d Session, February ~9, ~895; see also Ann. 
 Rep. 
 for ~894, PP. 
 39-42. 
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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 Appalachian 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 Congress, ad Session, January ~ 8, ~909. 
 8°, pp. 
 ~-5.