IN one can be more fully aware than your Committee of the imperfec- 

 tions of this Report ; but it has been judged wiser to present it even in 

 its present form than to seek to perfect it through longer delay. 



The members of the Committee have endeavored to discharge the 

 duty imposed on them to the best of their ability, and imperfect though 

 their Report may be, they trust that it will not be without value, as 

 conveying to a certain extent an accurate and authentic account of the 

 Resources of Victoria. 



(Signed) PEED. MUELLER, 



Chairman of the Committee ; 



M. H. IRVING, 



Secretary of the Committee. 



