TlMEHRI. 
the excellent series of specimens exhibited by Mr. B. V. 
ABRAHAM at the Local Exhibition in 1885 were not 
shewn in London — says, " One small bar of gold denoted 
li the existence of alluvial diggings on the Cuyuni river, 
" but the importance of the gold fields must not be 
" measured by the size of this Exhibit. From personal 
" observations I can testify to the richness of the aurifer- 
" ous country on the banks of the Cuyuni in the neigh- 
" bouring state of Venezuela with its famous Callao and 
" other mines, and the British territory deserves serious 
" exploration. " The specimen referred to assayed 920 
parts out of 1000, and was sold by me for the Exhibitors, 
Messrs. Dos Ramos and DaCosta, to Messrs. ROTHS- 
CHILD, who have shewn some interest in our gold indus- 
try, and to whom I have sent information as to our 
progress, with copies of our Ordinances and Regulations. 
Gold occurs in four regions of the Dominion of 
Canada ; among these are 7000 square miles of Nova 
Scotia, where the metal is chiefly won from small quartz 
veins 4 to 15 inches wide. The amount extrafted from 
1859 to 1885 was 395,180 ounces, and in the latter year 
22,203 oz * were obtained. 
In British Columbia, the gold is principally found as in 
this colony, in alluvial deposits in the valleys of existing 
rivers, but the yield is decreasing. 
In 1885 the yield was only 670,783 oz., while the quan- 
tity produced from 1858 to 1885 was 49,342,558 oz. It 
is, however, believed that with the facilities rendered by 
the Canadian Pacific Railway, quartz mining will be 
commenced and will prove remunerative. 
New South Wales, in which colony 103,736 oz. were 
obtained in 1885, exhibited a good series of specimens of 
