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The following Essay was written by Lieut. Baddelv, R. £, as a 

 candidate for one of the prizes offered by the Society for the best 

 treatise on the subject to which it relates, and which was unani- 

 mously awarded to that gentleman at the general annual meeting 

 of the Society on the tirst Tuesday of December, 1830, 



An Essay on the localities of Metallic 

 Minerals in the Canadas, ivith some 

 notices of their Geological associations and 

 siiuationt S^c by Lieut. Baddely, R, E. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



Having observed among the subjects upon which the 

 Council of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, 

 is desirous to obtain information, one which my previous 

 studies and inquiries have rendered me somewhat familiar 

 with, I presume, emulous of the Society's honorary award, 

 to rank myself in the list of competitors for so desirable a 

 mark of its notice. 



The subject to which I allude is thus described : "On 

 the deposits of ores along the coasts of the St. Lawrence, 

 within the limits of the Lower Province." 



In obeying the call of the Society, I trust it will not be 

 deemed a liberty if, in conveying to it the information I 



