Miscellanies. 373 



produce of gold was 22,256 marks, (318 puds, of which 115 were 

 obtained from imperial, and 203 from private mines ;) of silver, 

 76,498 marks, (1093 puds ;) and of platina 6570 marks, (94 puds ;) 

 and the respective value was, of gold 4,896,000 Russian dollars, 

 (£700,000 sterling;) and of silver, 1,071,000 dollars, (£163,000 

 sterling.) The gold mines of Ural yielded in 



1826 .... 232 puds. 



1827 . . . " . 282 " 



1828 . . . . 291 « 



In the first six months of 1829, they gave 142 puds of gold, (46 from 

 imperial, and 96 from private mines,) and 43 puds of platina. 



The total produce of the Ural mines, from 1814 to 1828 is 1551 

 puds of the value of about £3,413,000 sterling; the last five years 

 alone yielded 1247 puds. The annual produce of gold in Europe 

 and in Asiatic Russia, amounts to 26,500 marks of gold, and 292,500 

 of silver, of which the Russian Empire alone yields 22,200 marks of 

 gold, and 76,500 of silver. — Id. 



16. British association for the promotion of science. — The meet- 

 ing of men of science which was held at York on the 22nd of Sept., 

 instituted an association whose objects are to give an additional im- 

 pulse and a systematic direction to scientific inquiry, — to promote the 

 intercourse of those who cultivate science in different parts of the 

 British Empire with one another, and with foreigners, — to obtain a 

 more general attention to the objects of science, and a removal of 

 any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress. 



All those who attended the first meeting, — the Fellows and mem- 

 bers of chartered societies in any part of the Brhish Empire, — the 

 ofHcers, bearers and members of the council, or managing committee 

 of all philosophical institutions, and other members of such institu- 

 tions recommended by the council or managing committee thereof, 

 shall be entitled to become members of the association. 



The amount of the annual subscription shall be one pound, to be 

 paid in advance upon admission, and the amount of the composition 

 in lieu thereof, five pounds. 



The association shall meet annually for one week or longer. The 

 place of each meeting shall be appointed by the general committee 

 at the previous meeting, and the arrangement for it shall be entrusted 

 to the officers appointed at a preceding meeting in concert with the 

 local committees. 



