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the mines which he had visited. The Tilt Cove copper mine yielded in 

 1868, 8,000 tons of copper ore, which sold for $256,000. In 1869 a fine 

 vein of nickel was discovered, intersecting the copper, from which ore 

 was taken which realized $38,600. In 1879 Tilt Cove mine yielded 

 nearly 50,000 tons of copper ore, valued at $572,154. The mines at 

 Bett's Cove and other places amounted to 23,556 tons, the whole valued 

 at $2,982,836. Little Bay is said to have one of the most valuable 

 copper mines in the world. Up till 1879 ^^e total amount of copper ore 

 exported from all the mines amounted to $5,000,000. There is a pure 

 galena mine at La Manche, of which Bishop Mallock says : — " Once 

 while I was there 65 tons of lead were shipped off, and another time I 

 saw 100 tons of dressed ore in barrels prepared for exportation." The 

 sheriff of the Northern Circuit Court writes : — " Every day new dis- 

 coveries are being made. Mining has been commenced at Southern 

 Arm, Rouges Harbour, and Burton Pond. At present it is difficult to 

 prognosticate what the future of this country will be." There is no 

 doubt but that thorough and extensive prospecting would bring to light 

 hidden treasures of immense value for the investment of capital. Care- 

 ful explorations would show that copper deposits are not confined to 

 Green Bay. Copper ore is known to exist in Conception Bay and other 

 places. Mining generally in Newfoundland is an industry of great 

 promise. 



SEVENTH MEETING. 



Seventh Meeting, 13th December, 1890, Dr. Meredith in the chair. 



Donations and exchanges, 39. 



Mr. Edward Meek was elected a member. 



Mr. Arthur Harvey, Delegate to the Montpelier Congress on the 

 Romance Tongues read his Report with remarks on some ancient races 

 still existing in southern Europe, their languages and customs. The 

 fact of the survival in France of several old races, whose physical char- 

 acteristics and whose languages differ from what is adopted as the 

 French standard was illustrated in reference not only to the Breton 

 population, who are almost the only sailors France possesses, and who 

 still speak a Celtic tongue, but also to the population of Southern 

 France. The Roman type existing around Nimes ancl the Greek features 

 and ways of the Marseilles folk were noted and commented upon, and 

 the history of the Roman and Greek colonies in those places was 

 discussed, with references in each case to the Latin and Greek authors 



