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conditions of the last few months have left matters in a very 

 complicated and unsatisfactory position. This was probably 

 inevitable under the circumstances, and we trust that the Committee 

 will be able to find some way of putting the industry on a sounder 

 financial basis. The writer of these lines has lately had an 

 opportunity of seeing something of the tin-mining industry of 

 Cornwall, and has formed certain opinions on the subject. 

 However, in view of the approaching Government investigation this 

 is not the time to expound these opinions. It must suffice here to- 

 say that geologists will await with much interest the results of the 

 comprehensive scheme of exploration and development now to be 

 undertaken in the hitherto untried region between Camborne and 

 the sea. These investigations promise to yield results of great 

 importance, and will in all probability throw some light on the 

 question of the underground relations of the masses of granite now 

 visible at the surface in Cornwall. This is a problem of much 

 interest to petrologists and structural geologists, apart from its 

 economic importance, in view of the fact that the richest deposits of 

 tin are as a rule closely associated with the granite-slate contact. 



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Isr the list of members of the Committee mentioned in the preceding 

 paragraph we are glad to see the name of Dr. F. H. Hatch, whose 

 interesting lecture on recent developments in the iron-ore industry 

 of this country we print in the present number. Dr. Hatch has 

 a very wide knowledge of mining matters in many parts of the world 

 in connexion with many kinds of metalliferous ores, and his help 

 will be of great value to the Committee. As is well known 

 Dr. Hatch rendered most valuable services to the country during the 

 War in relation to the development of home iron-ores and other 

 necessary materials to counteract the falling off in imported supplies, 

 while he is also an active member of the recently instituted Mineral 

 Resources Bureau. 



It is perhaps not yet too late to remind our readers that the meeting 

 of the British Association takes place at Bournemouth from September 

 9 to 13. This year the meeting will again be held under more or 

 less normal conditions, although the programme of official functions 

 is somewhat smaller than of old. Many members will no doubt 

 consider this an advantage rather than otherwise. It is satisfactory 

 to observe that it has been found possible to obtain accommodation 

 for practically the whole of the work of the meeting in one building, 

 namely, the Municipal College. A series of citizens' lectures are to- 

 be given in co-operation with the Workers' Educational Association,, 

 and one of these is to be delivered by Professor S. H. lleynolds on 

 the scenery and geology of the Isle of Purbeck ; this should prove an 

 attractive subject. Several excursions have been arranged to places 

 of geological interest, which abound in the neighbourhood, including 

 such classic localities as Lulworth Cove and Kimmeridge. It would 

 be difficult to find a region more attractive from this point of view. 



