ANNrVEESABT ADDRESS. 39 



CONCLTJSIOK. 



lu bringing before you, gentlemen, at snch a length the 

 various topics touched on to-night, my desire has been to state 

 some of the discoveries that have taken place since the last 

 Anniversary, and to continue the connected series of reviews of 

 matters most interesting to ourselves, which I have considered 

 the fittest way of addressing you in the discursive range allowed 

 on these occasions. 



Other subjects of perhaps equal importance have been passed 

 by ; and even as it is, I must offer an apology for detaining you 

 so long. It is said, as men grow older they sometimes become 

 more garrulous. Should I ever grow young again, I will try to 

 be more concise, and pack my articles in a smaller compass. 



Note. — This Addi'ess was illustrated by numerous geological and mineralo- 

 gical specimens, a coloured map, and sections of Cainozoic, Mesozoic, and 

 Palaeozoic formations, as tliey occur in Queensland. 



I hare read a second Eeport to the Surveyor General, from Mr. C. S. 

 Wilkinson, on the Inverell Tin District, which has not yet been published, but 

 which deals more minutely with the subject discussed in the first Eeport 

 mentioned at p. 36. It is a most valuable document. 



