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welded into a coherent whole under one responsible head. We may 

 be allowed to hope that the institution of a Ministry of Mines will 

 not be long delayed. When this conies to pass it is possible that 

 economic and applied geology will gain some of the recognition 

 which is their due, and that the Government geologists may receive 

 salaries commensurate with their high scientific attainments and 

 with the important character of the work so ably carried out by them. 



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The water resources of Queensland obtained by boring are of 

 vast importance to that fertile Australian State, and expert testimony 

 upon the conditions underlying this supply is of great interest not 

 only to those who depend upon them for their means of irrigating 

 the country, but also to engineers engaged in supplying the equipment 

 for this natural resource. An artesian expert writing on the subject - 

 says : " My experiences with the bores lead me to the following 

 conclusions, which have been proved correct by boring : When 

 years ago artesian bores were first put down it was the custom to 

 drill a hole an inch larger than the casing, so that the casing would 

 go down easily. This has to be done now. When another layer of 

 casing had to be put in it was just lowered down to where the first 

 lot had struck, and drilling continued. When the flow was struck it 

 came up the casing, and it also came up the space around the casing 

 to the higher sand levels. In time this constant friction of the 

 water made the passage much larger, and in consequence the flow 

 decreased. Now this escaping of the waters to these higher sand 

 levels has done an immense amount of good, as it has put large 

 suppHes of subartesian waters where none existed before. I have 

 got the records of artesian bores put down which went through huge 

 dry sand drifts. These bores have a diminished flow, but the sand 

 beds are now full of water, and bores being put down all over them 

 give pumping supplies from 10 to 20 thousand gaflons per day at 

 a depth of from 80 to 200 feet. Also from these bores there is no 

 waste, and it is easier and cheaper to put down twenty of them, 

 which will water a larger area of country and will not cost as much 

 money as the one artesian bore." 



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Mr. T. W. Reader, F.G.S., has been selected by the Geologists' 

 Association as the first recipient of the Foulerton Award. The 

 sum of money which has enabled the Association to make this 

 award is the recent generous gift of Miss Foulerton, in accordance 

 with the wishes of her late uncle. Dr. John Foulerton, who was 

 for many years secretary to the Association. 



