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their occupation, until at length every part of the ocean shall 

 be brought within the domain of philosophic research, and a 

 system of investigation shall be spread as a net over its sur- 

 face, and it become rich in its benefit to commerce, navigation, 

 and science, and productive of good to mankind. 



" The members of the conference are unwilling to separate 

 without calling the attention of their respective Governments 

 to the important and valuable assistance which it has received 

 from the Belgian Government. That the conference has been 

 enabled to draw its labours to so speedy, and satisfactory a 

 close is in a great measure owing to the facilities and con- 

 veniences for meeting and deliberating which have been af- 

 forded by His Majesty's Government. 



" Signed at Brussels, this 8th day of September 1853. 



Belgium / Q UETELET > President 



.Belgium, | Lahure. 



Denmark, P. Rothe. 



France, Delamarche. 



n , t> -a « f F. W. Beechy. 



Great Britain, ( H . James. 



Netherland, Jansen. 



Norway, Ihlen. 



Portugal, De Mattos Correa. 



Russia, Gorkovenko. 



Sweden, Petterssoi*. 



United States, Maury." 



An Essay on the China-stone and China-clays of Cornwall, 

 with a Description of some Mechanical Improvements in 

 the Mode of Preparation of the latter. By Mr H. M. 

 Stoker, of St Austell, Cornwall. 



The China-stone and China-clays of our county, or the 

 disintegrated granites, have of late years assumed a no less 

 important than interesting feature in its history : not only 

 to the capitalist, from the great addition the discovery of 

 their use has made to its commercial importance ; to the 

 working-classes, from the necessarily co-existent increase of 



