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to lay his scheme in a definite form before us. I am glad to see 

 him here to-day, and he will with your permission, tell us 

 presently something about his plans ; and we must aU feel that 

 any attempt to introduce a new source of industry is most 

 praisworthy, and deserves support and encouragement. He has 

 also been at considerable trouble and expense in bringing 

 specimens to exhibit before us to-day ; a kindness which I am 

 sure is fully appreciated by us all. 



A very important metallurgical process, and a comparatively 

 recent introduction for the extraction of copper, tin, and silver 

 from the cinder of burnt pyrites, is worthy of being noticed, as 

 suggestive of another source of industry for Cornwall. 



