A few years ago a gravity‐anomaly was something which a specialized scientist used in determining the size and shape of the Earth and in related studies, but today it has become one of the most useful tools in geophysical prospecting and in geological studies. A demand has thus been created for many additional gravity‐stations throughout the world and practically every major nation on the globe is today making gravity‐observations and doing research to perfect instruments that will give more accurate results and at the same time do more rapid work. The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey made a big step forward in 1932 when the new Brown instrument was put into operation. During the past year two new instruments of this type have been constructed and will be available for field‐work in the near future. Considerable research has also been done to increase the accuracy of our recording devices, so that a shorter time‐interval might be used in making an observation. At the present time the pendulum is swung at each new station for a period of six hours, which gives a value of gravity with an accuracy of about one part in