Mineral Waters of Victoria. 283 
BEE-HIVE. 
Contents of Composition per 
one gallon. 1000 parts. 
Chloride of Potassium - 93:502  - - 1:3357 
Chloride of Sodium - - 11:634 = 0°1662 
Sulphate of Soda - - - 19-617 - - 0:2802 
Carbonate of Magnesia - 11-125 - 0:1589 
Carbonate of Iron + Aly O3 and POs) =1:275 - - 00182 
Carbonate of Lime~ - - trace - su 
Silica . - - - - 2208 - - 0:0316 
139:361 - 1-9908 
BELL’S REEFS. 
Contents of Composition per 
one gallon. 1000 parts. 
Chloride of Potassium = - - 15-409 - - 0°2202 
Chloride of Sodium - - 9°893 - 0-1413 
Sulphate of Soda - - - 10°593 - - 01513 
Chloride of Magnesium - Te S266, ive 0:0275 
Sulphate of Magnesia - - 3°677 - - 0:0525 
Phosphates, etc. - - 0:°876 - 0:0125 
Silica - - - - 3°766 - - 0:0537 
46:140 - - 0°6590 
All these waters contained carbonic acid in solution. Cor- 
responding results were obtained in qualitative analyses of 
waters from the Derby and Nuggety mines of the same 
district. The rocks bounding the quartz reefs are lower 
silurian, and they to a great extent are surrounded by 
granite. An immense quantity of this has been, and is being 
decomposed by the action of water, leaving deposits of 
irregular quartz grains and kaolin. Analysesare about to be 
made of the feldspars of the granite, as they are the pro- 
bable source of the potash salt. I was much surprised at 
not finding a large quantity of sulphate of magnesia in the 
water, as 1t occurs as epsomite filling the fissures in the rocks 
of many of the mines of that district. 
