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bilities of any district, in an agricultural point of view, would be gra- 

 dually obtained. 



These specimens, with descriptions accompanying, might be prepar- 

 ed according to printed instructions of the Committee of the Royal Soci- 

 ety, framed for the guidance of those employed in Magnetic Observato- 

 ries, whereby accurate accounts, with specimens, may be transmitted by 

 persons entirely unacquainted with the sciences of geology, mineralogy 

 or agriculture. 



The Engineer Officers, or those of the Revenue Survey, with whose de- 

 partments the physical character of the country is nearly connected, seem 

 to present the best means by which such information may be obtained. 



The specimens on their receipt, might undergo comparison with 

 those already arranged, and be subjected, if essential towards the 

 elucidation of a proposed object, to chemical analysis, for which pur- 

 pose the services of a chemical analyst would be necessary. 



Localities would thus be indicated, which might appear to be deserv- 

 ing of more particular examination, and to which it would be desirable 

 to send a person properly qualified for the purpose. 



It is conceived, that information so obtained would not only be of 

 service to the Government, but, as the fullest publicity is intended, 

 might serve to encourage private enterprize. 



If such a system were in operation, it would afford the best means of 

 imparting instruction in these subjects, both by lecture and manipula- 

 tion, to youths of the medical school, or others who might even- 

 tually be attached to Executive Engineers, or to Collectors of Revenue; 

 serving thus as an efficient medium of communication between such 

 functionaries and the natives on matters tending to develop the natu- 

 ral resources of the country. 



The reception of mining records is another object which may be 

 combined with the above one, of great importance at this period, 

 since records of all operations hitherto conducted under European 

 superintendence can now be easily obtained. The want of such re- 

 cords in England has been much felt, and has been the cause of much 

 useless expenditure of capital in modern times. 



A collection of standard books, treating on the subjects above re- 

 ferred to, should be by degrees provided for. 



G. B. Tremenheere. 

 Captain, Engineers, 



