CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES (3D SESSION), The following resolution, originating in the House of Representatives, has this day been concurred in by the Senate: Resolved, by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That there be printed five thousand copies of the Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, by J. W. Powell; one thousand for the use of the Senate, two thousand for the use of the House of Representatives, and two thousand for the use of the Department of the Interior. GEO. M. ADAMS, Clerk. Report of J. W. Powell, geologist in charge of the United States Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, upon the lands of the Arid Region of the United States. APRIL 3, 1878.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,. WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3, 1878. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report from Maj. J. W. Powell, geologist in charge of the United States Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, upon the lands of the Arid Region of the United States, setting forth the extent of said region, and making suggestions as to the conditions under which the lands embraced within its limit may be rendered available for agricultural and grazing purposes. With the report is transmitted a statement of the rainfall of the western portion of the United States, with reports upon the subject of irrigation by Capt. C. E. Dutton, U. S. A., Prof. A. H. Thompson, and Mr. G. K. Gilbert. Herewith are also transmitted draughts of two bills, one entitled "A bill to authorize the organization of pasturage districts by homestead settle |