1. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 
tions of the dykes, and consequently, the boundaries of the so 
called ‘‘lodes” can only be defined by assay. 
Extremely salt water occurs ata depth of about two hundred 
feet in the mines, owing to percolation of rain water through the 
zone of oxidised or porous rocks. The quantity is however small, 
and the want of a water supply is one of the most serious diffi- 
culties in connection with this rich and remarkable field. 
The following donations were laid upon the table and acknow- 
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University, antag - 1860. Catalogue of the Ps ve? 
to the Libra: n Marischal College, 1874 - 
King’s College, March 1896 to March 1897; in he Celtic 
Departmen The University 
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