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meer in greisen ; Quirindi, and Carroll's Creeks ; Turon River, 

 Shoalhaven Biver ; Long Gully and Spring Creek, near Bungonia ; 

 Burra Creek, County of Selwyn ; Dabarra, Jingellie Creek ; at 

 Mowemban in quartz associated with chalcedony. Vein tin 

 occurs in quarries at Billabong, near Wagga Wagga. Rolled 

 wood tin, with the diamonds near Mudgee and Bathurst ; Tum- 

 berumba, with' gold. 



The first public mention made of the occurrence of tin in New 

 South Wales was by the Rev. W. B. Clarke. In the Sydney 

 Morning Herald, August 16th, 1849, he records having found it 

 in the Alps along part of the Murrumbidgee. 



Mr. Clarke mentions having found tinstone pseudomorphous 

 after felspar crystals in New England. 



In the Papers relating to Geological Surveys published by the 

 Government, I find that Mr. Hargraves makes the following 

 mention of tin ore in New South Wales : — 



P. 71. « Guntawang, 18th July, 1851. 



" I have received information from Mr. Bouse of this place 

 (Guntawang) that a shepherd of his found tin at Warrambungall 

 Mountain some years ago, distant 100 miles north of this place. 

 I have therefore determined to visit the locality, and start for that 

 place to-morrow, &c. 



" E. H. Hargraves." 



P. 72. "Mudgee, 3rd August, 1851. 



" In travelling 6 miles N.W. of the Cudgegong, I found the gold 

 region ceased • and on arriving at the Warrambungall Mountains, 

 100 miles N.W., I found coal and iron in great abundance on 

 every hill, but was not successful in finding the tin. The shepherd 

 who knows the locality gave me a piece which he had smelted into 

 bars, a sample of which I herewith enclose, which I should suppose 

 contains 30 per cent, of silver, and in a short time the locality will 

 be known to me. The man wants a large consideration for disclosing 

 the whereabouts at present. 



" E. H. Hargraves." 



Amount of tin ore raised from 1872 up to the end of 1874 was 

 valued at £866,461. 



Titanium, 



RUTILE. 



Chemical composition : Titanic acid = Ti0 2 . Crystallizing usually 

 in tetragonal prisms. Up to the present time I have only found 

 it in the form of fragments of crystals with striated surfaces, or 

 in rounded grains of a hair-brown colour. It is found with the 

 gem sand from Bald Hill near Bathurst and at TJralla. 



