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Leibius, Mr. Pittman, and Mr. Harrie Wood. The Board 
appointed Mr. James Taylor, who has arrived in New South 
Wales and commenced his duties. The Board also advised that 
on account of the costliness of erecting smelting works and 
carrying on smelting operations for the purpose of satisfactorily 
testing bulk samples of ores, the Government should not in the 
first instance erect such works, but should erect suitable crushing 
and concentrating apparatus, sampling-floors, and appliances for 
the extraction of gold, silver, and other metals by processes other 
than smelting, and that persons duly authorised be allowed to 
see the working of any process he may use in the extraction of 
metals from ores and the separation of metals so extracted. 
School of Mines.—The necessity for the establishment of a 
complete School of Mines has long been recognised by those who 
realize the enormous value of our mineral resources, and the 
failure of so much mining enterprise for want of sufficient tech- 
nical knowledge. The fact that up to the end of 1892 the total 
value of metals and minerals won nearly reached one hundred 
millions sterling speaks for itself. A complete course in mining 
engineering was contemplated by the Senate of the University in 
1883, when the engineering department was established, and 
mining engineering has always been associated with civil and 
mechanical engineering in the certificates and degrees offered-by 
the University, as may be seen by referring to the Calendars 
since 1883. The necessity for a mining school at the University 
has always been warmly advocated by Professor Liversidge. The 
Senate was, however, unable to provide for the necessary teaching 
until the year 1892, when lectureships were founded in mining 
and metallurgy. This year a demonstrator has been appointed 
in the department of geology chiefly for mineralogy and petrology. 
Hence we have now a complete School of Mines established at 
the University ; and it should be noted that the extra expendi- 
ture incurred, in addition to that of the teaching staff which 
already existed, was only about £950 a year. If a distinct 
School of Mines had been established independent of the Uni- 
