Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton telling Geikie that the United States government is considering amalgamating all multifarious scientific functions into one organised Department of Science. Dutton does not agree with this proposal as he thinks it will hamper scientific enquiry. He believes that the increased bureaucracy at the United States Geological Survey will shortly lead to an inevitable decline in the quality of the science it produces. He reports on some...