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quantities, and we see the strange spectacle of mines with 

 Zinciferous Lead ores working methods by which attention is 

 directed to extracting Lead, worth £12 to .£13 per ton, and 

 letting Zinc worth £21 to £23 per ton go to waste. I may 

 probably be told it is not worth while to save it while profits can 

 be made without doing so, that it is an annoyance and a trouble ; 

 and thus Zinc, one of the chief sinners in the so-called "refractory 

 ores," has always been looked upon as an enemy. May it not be 

 worth while to make a friend of it ? 



Before concluding, I would like to refer briefly to the need 

 of a well-arranged and well-displayed Mining, Geological, and 

 Metallurgical Museum. The Museum attached to the Mining 

 Department can only be regarded as a make-shift, being ill- 

 housed, and from want of space the efforts in this direction of the 

 Staff of the Geological Branch are paralyzed. Magnificent collec- 

 tions are frequently sent abroad for exhibition purposes, from 

 whence they seldom or never come back, while the collections in 

 Sydney are suffering from want of an appropriate building. 

 What is needed is a new building, and an annual sum for the 

 support of a first-class Mining Museum. 



I fear T have exhausted your patience, and must therefore leave 

 untouched other matters which I had intended to embody in this 

 Address. It is with sincere thanks to the members of our Society, 

 and especially to the Council, for their kindness and support 

 during the past year while I had the honour of occupying the chair, 

 that I now vacate the same in favour of Mr. H. C. Russell, B.A., 

 C.M.G., P.R.S., who indeed requires no introduction from me. He 

 is well known to you all as one of our most valued members. May 

 the Society, under his able Presidency, prosper in every way, and 

 fully justify the liberal support granted to it by Government and 

 Parliament. 



