86 rOKESTKY IN EASTEEN EXJSSTA. 



brains, and for scientific purposes cut them in very thin 

 slices to photograph. Ihe photographs are to be pur- 

 chased in Paris.' 



According to a report by Professor N. A. Jossa, Professor 

 of Metallurgy in the School of Mines in St. Petersburg, 

 the total products in 1880 were as follows : — 



Gold, - 



Platinum, 



Silver, 



Lead, 



Copper, 



Zinc, 



Wrought Iron, 



Cast Iron, 



Steel, 



Graphite none ; there are mountains 



of it on the Ural. 

 Coal, anthracite and charcoal used, 

 Nefta (Naphtha), 



Grome Ore, - - . . 



Marganitz (Manganese), 

 Sulphur, - - 



Distilled Salt, 

 Glubed Salt, - 



Number of people employed in the miners' gold 

 washings, blast and puddling furnaces, rolling mills, 

 tilting hammers, &c., 283,414. Total power employed, 

 steam and water H.P. (Horsepower?), 76,090. 



In a lecture by Professor Jossa on the manufacture of 

 pig-iron, delivered before the Eoyal Society of Engineers, 

 there is supplied information in regard to the use of charcoal 

 employed. From a resume of this lecture by Mr C. Kirk- 

 shof, C.E,, published in the Journal of the United States 

 Association of Charcoal Ironworkers, it appears that in this 

 lecture Professor Jossa enters into an elabarate account of 

 the ore deposits of the country, and the character of the 

 ores, which embrace almost every variety known to iron- 

 masters ; but all that it is necessary to state is that the 

 supply is ample for present needs, and is sure to remain 

 so, even if taxed by a much larger industry. ' As a general 



• The pood is equal to 40 lbs. Russia ; 86 lbs. avoirdupois. 



