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Council Meeting : 27th January, 1888. 



Resolved. — To open the School of Mines on the 31st January, 

 with addresses from the President and other gentlemen, in- 

 cluding Professor Black. 



6th February, 1888. 



Dr. Boor, President, in the chair. 



Donation. — Fine specimen of chorl (?) crystal, embedded in 

 chlorite schist. 



Exhibits. — The Curator exhibited 20 specimens of Grapto- 

 litidae, and read a short paper thereon. 



Paper. — " On Minerals at Nelson," by H. P. Washbourne. 

 (Transactions, p. 344.) 



The paper was intended to show, (1.) the need of analysis ; and (2.) the 

 natural advantages the Nelson District possesses for smelting ores. 



