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Mr. William Brockbank exhibited some large specimens 
of Titanium, which have recently been found in considerable 
quantities, filling the crevices, and under the hearths of the 
fire-brick linings of the furnaces of the Hematite Iron Com- 
pany, of Whitehaven. 
In one instance it occurred in a large mass weighing nearly 
4 cwt., under the furnace hearth, having found its way 
through the crevices between the fire-bricks. 
Smaller masses, weighing from 50 or 60 lbs. to a few 
ounces, were found filling the hollows and crevices in the 
lining of the furnace, around that part which holds the 
molten metal. 
The occurrence of Titanium in such large quantities is a 
new and interesting circumstance, previous instances being 
confined to a few furnaces in South Wales (where Hermatite 
Ore is used as a mixture), and to some in the Hartz 
mountains, in both of which cases the specimens found were 
comparatively small. 
Small crystals of it have long been found in the slags of 
many iron works. 
Should any commercial use be discovered for Titanium, it 
could be supplied in considerable quantities. 
Mr. Alfred Fryer exhibited to the meeting some speci- 
mens of tea grown at the foot of the Himalaya mountains. 
Among the London Tea Sales in August, 1858, the first 
parcel of a new description of tea was submitted for public 
competition, and excited some considerable attention on 
account of its being the produce of the district of Cachar, in 
British India. The entire of the import was twenty chests, 
and consisted of the four kinds denominated Congou, 
Souchongs (1st and 2nd class). Pekoe, and Flowery Pekoe. 
The quantity being so inconsiderable — the parcel being 
merely an experiment — the prices realised were not so 
extreme as might have been expected, considering the 
