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Mr. Henwood said it was possible that the cwt. of 112 Ihs. 

 might have been a more modern standard ; but he had no means 

 of knowing with certainty whether 112 lbs. or 120 lbs. was the 

 original cwt. Yet so radical a difference, he thought, could never 

 have been accidental. 



The President thought that by looking into ancient records, 

 a determination of the question might be arrived at. 



Dr. Barham stated, in relation to the discovery of mining 

 antiquities near the Cheesewring and on the Yealm, that, some 

 years since, a stone tin-mould was found near Trebartha, in the 

 parish of Northill ; and in the same neighbourhood were found 

 some small tin-ladles, made of Polyphant stone. Such facts, he 

 thought, were confirmatory of the opinion that a great deal of 

 tin was formerly raised in East Cornwall and in Devon, and, 

 probably, exported near the mouths of the Yealm, and other 

 rivers on the south coast, having islets adjacent to them. 



Mr. Henwood directed attention to a Paper by Mr. Pattison, 

 in the last Number of the Journal, in which were recorded the 

 discoveries, by M. Mallard, a French mining engineer, of slags in 

 the neighbourhood of ancient stream-works in the province of 

 Limousin ; and these slags, on being analysed, were found to con- 

 tain " notable quantities of tin." It was therefore probable that 

 at least some portion of the tin anciently exported at Marseilles 

 was obtained in that French province. 



Dr. Barham had hoped that Mr. Hustler would have been 

 present at this meeting, and have favoured them with a further 

 account of the tin mines in Galicia, in Spain, where he was con- 

 ducting extensive operations, and where his mining experience 

 had led him to the conclusion that Cornwall was not, in ancient 

 times, the only place where tin was obtained. It appeared, from 

 a statement by Pliny, that there was in Spain a gTeat deal of 

 superficial tin ; and probably in all stanniferous districts, mining 

 was preceded by stream-works. 



On this occasion the following objects were exliibited : 



From Mr. Alexander Paull: A Rubbing of the Inscription on 

 the Eialton Stone. 



From the Fvev. G. L. Woollcombe: A Tracing of Frescoes in 

 Sennen Churcli. 



From Mr. N. Hare, Jun., Liskeard : 38 Rubbings from Memorial 

 Brasses in Cornish Churches, principally in the eastern part of the 

 county. The following have not been previously mentioned in 

 our Journal : 



Callington : Nicholas Assheton and Margaret his wife, c. 1465. He was one 

 of the King's Justices, and, in 1436, M.P. for Cornwall. 



