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{Representing the Iron and Steel 
Mr. J. J. Burton l Industry. 
es ae igen clare Representing Medical Science. 
Mr. F. C. Starling, of the Mines Department, will act as Secretary to 
the Committee. 
The Chairman, Sir Cecil Budd, is well known as the Chairman of the: 
British Metal Corporation and of the London Metal Exchange, and 
as an authority on the non-ferrous metals generally. Of the repre- 
sentatives of owners of ironstone mines and quarries General Jackson 
is interested in the iron mines of Cumberland, Mr. Myles Kennedy 
in those of Lancashire, and Mr. Claud Pease in those of the Cleve- 
land district; while Mr. Lloyd owns ironstone quarries in 
Northamptonshire, Mr. Thomas represents the owners of tin mines 
and Mr. Anthony Wilson the owners of lead and zinc mines. Of 
the representatives of the workers Mr. Harry Dack represents the 
Cleveland miners, Mr. Gavan-Duffy those of Cumberland, Mr. Lewney 
those of Lancashire, Mr. Sherwood the ironstone quarrymen, 
Mr. Harris the tin miners, and Mr. Wignall the lead and zinc miners. 
Economic Geology is well represented on the Committee, Mr. Hall 
being especially acquaintel with the geology of the lead and zinc 
mines of Shropshire, Dr. Maclaren with the tin mines of Cornwall, 
and Professor Louis with the iron mines; Dr. Hatch, although he 
appears among the mining engineers, is also not unknown as an 
economic geologist. The other mining engineers are Mr. Merricks 
and Mr. Falcon; while Mr. Harbord represents metallurgy. 
Mr. Burton, of Middlesbrough, will advise on the iron and steel 
industry generally, and Sir Kenneth Goadby on the medical aspects 
of mining. The Committee will hold its first meeting on 5th July. 
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THe Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau continues to issue at 
intervals its ““monographs”’, or, to give them their proper title, 
“Digests of statistical and technical information relative to the 
production and consumption of the metals and useful minerals.” 
Up to the present fifteen have appeared, namely, those on 
aluminium and bauxite, antimony, arsenic, asbestos, bismuth, 
borates, chrome ore and chromium, cobalt, felspar, Fuller’s Earth, 
magnesite, manganese, monazite, nitrates, and zinc. One on 
tungsten will be published shortly and others are in an advanced 
state of preparation. These include some important monographs, 
for instance, those dealing with iron, coal, and copper. That on 
iron will be entitled ‘‘ The Iron Ore Resources of the World ”’, and 
will be practically on the lines of, but bringing up to date, the 
report of the Geological Congress which met at Stockholm in 1910. 
Special funds for the purpose have been contributed by the National 
Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers. 
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