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sand dollars to any person who may effect this wished for 
discovery. It is trusted that they will so alter the destina¬ 
tion of this sum as to devote it to the promotion of the meth¬ 
od proposed by the Society for the Promotion of Useful 
Arts. Such a sum from this public spirited body, together 
with twice or thrice its amount from the corporation of the 
opulent city of New-York, and a moderate aid from the city 
of Hudson and the villages along the river, would be suffi¬ 
cient to defray the expense of a very thorough geological 
survey of the country and a sufficient number of borings to 
ascertain a fact no less important to the progress of manufac¬ 
tures than it is interesting to the economy of house-keeping. 
The committee forbear to dilate on the benefits that 
would result to the cities and villages along the Hudson 
from the discovery of coal in the vicinity of its waters, as 
those benefits must be fully understood and duly appreciat¬ 
ed by the honorable bodies to whom this communication is 
addressed. 
By order of the committee, 
T. C. BROWNELL, Chairman . 
JAMES LOW, Secretary . 
