448 



Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



Balance brought on from last account, 



9 7 10 



PAYMENTS. 



For sundry printing, advertising, expenses of the meet- 

 ing at Swansea, and sundry disbursements made by 

 the General and Local Treasurers, 



Printing, &c, the 16th vol. (17th Report), 



Salaries — Assistant General Secretary and Account- 

 ant, 18 months, . . . . * . 



Paid by order of Committee on account of grants for 



287 1 9 

 644 6 8 



500 



scientific purposes : 



Electrical observations at Kevv, 



<£50 



5 8 1 

 5 



Vitality of seeds, . . I 



Acid on the growth of plants, 

 Registration of periodical phenomena, 10 

 Bills on account of anemometrical ob- 

 servations, . . . • . 13 9 



83 17 1 



Maintaining the establishment at Kew Observatory : 



Balance of grant of 1847, 

 Part of grant of 1848, . 



Balance in the bankers' hands, 



20 15 7 

 55 6 10 



76 2 5 



335 13 4 



u 



hands, 



in General and Local Treasurers 



24 13 8 



360 7 



iT 1,961 2 9 



Edinburgh has been accepted as the place for the next annual meet- 

 ing of the Association, and Sir David Brewster has been chosen Presi- 

 dent for the session. 



11. 



Quantify of 



United Kingdom in 1848, (Official Report by R. Hunt, keeper of min 

 ing records, Mining Journal, Aug. 25, 1849.) 



England, Lead ore. 



Cornwall, ....... 10,494 tons 



Devonshire, 1,334 



Cumberland, 8,272 



Durham and 



Northumberl 



Westmoreland, .. 519 



Derbyshire, 5,185 



Shropshire, 4,130 



Somersetshire, ... 41 



Yorkshire, 6,848 



i • • • « 



[and, ) 



18,815 



Leal 

 6,614 



844 



5,684 



14,658 



388 



2,762 



29 



4,793 



39,142 



Wales, Lead ore. 



Cardiganshire, 4,902 tons 



Carnarvonshire, ... 21 



Carmarthenshire, . .' 307 

 Denbigshire, 



Flintshire, 10,056 



Montgomeryshire, . 927 

 Merionethshire, ... 92 



Total, 16,305 



Ireland, 1,912 



Scotland, 2,588 



Jsle of Max, 2,521 



Lead. 

 3,180 



204 



. . • • 



7,069 



601 



54 



11,122 



Total, 55,638 



Making a total of 78,964 tons 



Imported, 1,298 tons lead ore ; pig and sheet lead, 3,788 tons; re- 

 tained for home consumption, 2,157 tons. — Exported, 135 tons lead ore ; 

 pig and rolled lead 4,977 tons; shot 1,151; litharge, red and white 

 lead 2,292 ; foreign lead in sheet and pig, 3,747 tons. 



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