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by those who are interested in the mineral productions of the 
United Kingdom. 
Another and perhaps the most important object of this office 
is the collection and annual publication of the “ Mineral Statistics 
of the United Kingdom.” 
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Keeper of Mining Records . — Robert Hunt, F.R.S. 
i r Richard Meade. 
' L J. B. Jordan. 
Assistants ■ 
The Library. 
Tlie library contains a carefully selected collection of works 
bearing upon the questions with which the officers of the Insti- 
tution have to deal, or which are necessary for the students of 
the school, including complete sets of the most important 
foreign and English scientific periodicals. Although the library 
could not be conveniently made a public one, every facility is 
given to persons who wish to use it for scientific purposes. 
Librarian . — Trenham Reeks. 
Assistant Librarian and Clerk. — Thos. Neavton. 
The Government School of Mines. 
The Government School of Mines is conducted by the fol- 
lowing officers : — 
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Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c .—Director. 
A. W. Hofmann, L.L.D., F.R.S. — Lecturer on Chemistry. 
T. H. Huxley, F.R.S. — Lecturer on General Natural History . 
John Tyndall, F.R.S— Lecturer on Physics. 
Robert Willis, M.A., F.R.S. — Lecturer on Applied Mechanics . 
John Percy, M.D., F.R.S.— Lecturer on Metallurgy. 
A. C. Ramsay, F.R.S. — Lecturer on Geology. 
Warington W. Smytii, M.A., F.R.S. — Lecturer on \ Mimng. 
l Mineralogy. 
Treniiam Reeks. — Registrar. 
Regulations of Admission. 
The public will be admitted to the lectures on payment of 
three pounds for each course of forty or more lectures, and two 
pounds for the course of thirty and under forty lectures. Cer- 
tificates of Attendance will be granted to all who attend the 
lectures, but students desirous of obtaining Certificates of 
Proficiency will be required to pass the examinations and pay 
an additional fee of one pound per course. 
