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as beds of sandstone or saady layers. Thoy are largely formed of minute or- ganisms and have frequent layers rico in corals, ard others in which water worn pebbles of the voleanie rocks of the Mount Fzgle series are buried in fire, chalky sediment. The inclination of the Kingshill series is very flat. The largest variation from the horizontal which I have seen is 12°-15°. Usually the readings are 3° to 82, and often the beds are practically flat. The Kingshill series reaches a maximum altitude above the sea at Bulowsminde, near its eastern edge, where the summit is 615 ft. and the inclination is flat. The total thick- ness may therefore reach 500’-600°, per- hars even more, bat over the general area covered by thesa beds a large pro- portios of this section has been removed by erosion. There is some evidence that these bads, in the eentral. belt of the is- land and as noted by the late John T. Quin, E=sq., in his interesting book on the geology of St. Cro.x, called “'The Making of an Is'and’’ lie in a broad flat trough or syncline whose axis pitches at a very low anzle downward to the south- west. The inclination of a strata is, however, only a few degrees, and while the trough or synclinal structure is the one associated with artesian wells where we have porous, water bearing beds, (usually sandstone) contzined between inpervious beds such as clays and out- cropping where they can gather in and conduet downward to the hollow of the trough, the rainwater which falls on their exposed portions, we lack, so far as my observations go, good porous, perme- ahle beds. 1 would not theretore look fora copious flow, even if water were struck in the Kingshill series. Pumping wells, suitabie for watering stock seem t) e to be.the ones which, were water oncountered, vould be the most probable expectation. 1 cannot bring mysilt to b :lieve that any supply abundint enough for irrigation would bz encouatered. The best and imost practical plans £or increasing and conserving th2 water «npply seem to me to be two. In aceord- ance with the “rst, wells eouid be duz (o depths of approximately filly feet or toss on the flats which are opposite val- leys and amphitheatres in the mountains and bills. At times of heavy rains much water falls in these catchment areas, and while a good proportion runs- oft, some seeps into the ground at the mouth of the valleys. The ground may b 2 expect- ed to be open textured and porous down to the bed-rock and to consist of steam gravels and sand washed down from the hills. By selecting relatively low points, as indeed has been already often done, water supply for stock can be had. In selecting sites, regard should be had for the catehment basin higher up ani for ti probable lineof flow of undex giound water along the general line of surface drainage. There are many sueh locations not yet utilized on the island, and the 51 i1 Y expense involved 1s not great. Drive wells would answer far enough away from the Lills t 6 avoid the very coarse rocks which might have been washed down from the hill ecountry at times of torrential floods. The second plan wouid be the storage of water by dams. One sach plan which seems ty me feasible is already being studied by Mr. Folmer Andersen, the Manager of the Bethlehem Sugar Works. Two hills of the Kiogshill limestores are sufficiently near each other just north of the South Road, to give good reason to study the practicability of an earth-work dam, with a tight core-weil. Enough water in rainy tim:s could apparently be impounded tc furn Y1 a supply for irri- gation during drouz s 0 as to carry the sugar crop throuzh 1e worst stages of dryness. Study the loeal! conditions along other water courses might reveal additional opportunities {or si:nilar structures, in coneclusion I may summarize as fol- lowe: Ist. I think it highly improbable that any deep boring wiill fu nish sufficient water for irrigation. 2nd. The most that can be expected is a supply for stock. 3rd. Additional supplies for stock over presant ssurces may be found in wells on the flats opposite catchment valleys in the mountainas, 4th. In a few sgpecially favored locali- ties alon2 the larger streams, dams for water sterage of sufiicient magnitude for irrigation in times of drought are apya- rently feasible and are worthy of care- ful study, as regards tight foundation strata, resistant spillways, a» the other engineering features of earinwork dams, so as to prevent disastrous floods from ... vollapse of the dams _nder unusual rainfall, ' s:h. While I realize the hardships in- voived in the recent protracted dry times, I am hopeful that the worst 1s now past and that the country will experience a oradual increase in the raintail for sev- eral years to come. Dry tines and wot times ccme in recurrent cyec.es. In receh ng these conciusions, I wish to acknowledge tne great assistance | have received from my colleague and companion Dr. N. L. Britten, Drecior of the New York Botanical Garden. Respectfuily, (Signed) JAMES F. KEMP Protessor of Geology, . Coiuinbia University. TELEGRA MS. ST. CROIX STATION. New York, April 18th.- German marks, which had been “‘pegged’” by the Germarn Government at 00.48 ¢ents for two months, despite a tremendous in- crease in note cireulation, broke to (0 33 cents in today’s early trading, ore ot the most violent reaetions in receant months, Local exchange dealers were unable to explain the sudden drop, but said that it probably indicated the withdrawal of Government support. The recent speeches of Foreign Minister Von Rosen- burg and Dr. Stressman, leader of the German people’s party before the Reich- stag which had been interpreted here as overtures for peace with Krance, also were recgarded as a sentimental faetor, Overnignt Berlin despatches, howvever reporied that the Reichsbank had ship- ped an additional 135,000,000 gold marks to the bank of Engzland, making a total of 300,000,000 go'd marks deposited there in connection with the Government policy to “‘aneg’’ the mack during the Ruhr struggle. London, April 18 h. At the 53rd annu- al meeting ofthe association of Cham- bers of Commerce the President, Sir Arthur S. Benan, referring to the con- mercial chaos caused by the war, said Britons must turn to the Dominions to tuke Russia’s place as exporter of {ood- stuffs and the Germans p'ace as buyer « f our gocds. The new world must be cail- ed upon to restore the balance of (he old. The new world tcdav is not the United States, it 15 the Biitish Empire. We must call on the British Empire to nake gored the ravages of war and the ruin, wh ch | hope is only temporary, of Europe. Tt isin the Dominions, amone vur own pzople, that our destiny lies as a political and moral force and as a civiliz- ing influenee and in my judeoement there also lies our com nercial destiny. Mr. Arthur Baliour, of Sheflic!ld President elcet, meved a resolutiou, which was ear- ried, expressing the oninion that the present uncartainty over the reparations question, is detrimental to world peace and 13 preventing the improvement of industry and commerce. Winnipeg, April 18 h. =The fifty-foot bridee over a tribatary of the Red River at St, Jean, shout 20 miles from Winri- peg, on the Cavadian National railway from Winnip2g to Minncapolis, was car- ried away by flod wiaters on lLuesday nighr. Nothing remains but the piers, A very serious shod threatens Winnipeg and many homes in Brookiands, a muni- cipaiity adjoining Winnipeg to the west, weare cut off tonight. ‘lhe snow still shits out the light in many front wi- doxs in the western par's of the city, Ail the vacant lands are like lakes and as the ereeks leading to th2 rivers are bioeked with snow, the water cannot get awgy. The Assiniboine river at Bran- don, Manitoba, thirteen miles west «f Winnipeg, rose five feet today. The ice is expected toeo ocut on Saturday. A great streich of wateris moving down trom the west and norti-west or Winri- peys, sceking the Red and Assiniboine rivers. Ihe wateris on a level with tho pavements tonight on the wesiern out- skirts of the city and @n z2quatic condi- tion prevails over large s»ctions of the western suburbs.