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GROWING GOLD. 



his care should show great skill and progress, 

 as an example to all Her Majesty's subjects : 

 oak timber being so indispensible in the 

 British Isles, He has adopted all the un- 

 tural systems pursued by private individuals. 

 The honorable gentleman can have no excuse 

 to offer, as the trees required to be grown are 

 the weed of the soil which he has to plant : 

 and even, if this was not the case, the quality 

 of the soil is very superior to many places 

 where large oak trees have been grown. 

 Where there is an anxious desire to follow 

 Nature's laws, there seldom is much difficulty 

 in discovering them. 



If a servant in a mercantile establishment 

 showed similar remissness, most probably the 

 principal would soon appoint some one in his 

 place, with more penetration than to convict 

 himself of wilful blindness, in the most im- 

 portant part of his duty. 



It is not known how the officers graduate 

 for appointments in this department, but 



