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EDITORIAL. 
the  Committee  are  constantly  out  of  pocket  by  the  want  of  promptness 
of  our  patrons.  Hoping  better  things  for  the  future  we  commend  our 
labors  to  their  favorable  consideration. 
List  of  the  Contributors  to  the  Building  Fund  for  the  New  Hall  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  (  Continued  from  Page  565.  vol.  xl.) 
Wilson  &  Jones,  (additional, 
omitted  by  mistake)   $31  00 
Ephraim  K.  Smith   10  00 
S  Mason  McCoIlin   10  00 
C.  E.  Haenchen   10  00 
Emilius  Herwig   10  00 
John  M.  Maisch   50  00 
C.  B.  Linn   10  00 
Dr.  Geo.  B.  Wood   500  00 
John  W.  Siraes,  Jr   50  00 
Thos.  A.  Lancaster   50  00 
French,  Richards  &  Co   200  00 
Carpenter,  Henzey  &  Co   100  00 
Samuel  F.  Troth   100  00 
Thos.  S.  Wiegand   50  00 
Samuel  Simes   25  00 
$1,206  00 
Previously,       6,281  50 
Total  contributions,     $1,487  50 
Advertising  Sheet. — Our  readers  are  invited  to  examine  the  schedule 
of  prices  for  advertisements  commencing  the  sheet.  The  rates  have  been 
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Journal  offering  the  same  advantages. 
Report  of  J.  Ross  Browne  on  the  Mineral  Resources  of  the  States  and 
Territories  West  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.    Washington,  Government 
Printing  Office,  1868  ;  pp.  674,  octavo. 
Report  of  James  W.  Taylor  on  the  Mineral  Resources  of  the  United 
States  East  of  the  Rocky  Mountains.    Washington,  1868  ;  pp.  72. 
The  object  of  the  Government  in  eliciting  these  reports  seems  to  have 
been  to  condense,  in  a  reliable  and  systematic  manner,  the  numerous  float- 
ing facts  and  statistics,  and  to  ascertain  the  real  condition  of  the  mining 
interests  and  resources  of  the  great  region  west  of  the  Rocky  Mountains. 
It  was  sought  to  get  at  the  full  history,  early  and  late,  of  the  mining  in- 
terests of  the  Pacific  coast ;  of  the  geological  formation  of  the  great 
mineral  belts  ;  of  the  various  systems  of  mining  in  use  ;  the  character  of 
the  population  engaged  ;  the  relations  of  mineral  and  agricultural  lands 
and  of  fuel  existing,  and  of  water  power  available  ;  of  salt  beds  and  de- 
posits of  soda,  borax,  sulphur,  and  other  minerals  ;  the  character  of 
climate,  altitude,  etc.  ;  the  number  of  banking  institutions  in  the  mining 
towns,  with  their  facilities  for  assaying  and  refining  bullion  and  for  its 
transportation  ;  the  various  means  of  intercourse  by  roads,  telegraphs, 
and  post-offices  ;  the  necessity  of  assay-offices  and  public  depositories  ; 
the  local  mining  laws  and  customs  regulating  the  holding  and  working  of 
claims  ;  and  finally  the  number  of  ledges  opened,  the  character  of  the 
soil  in  mining  districts,  and  its  adaptation  to  the  support  of  population. 
The  reporter,  Hon.  J.  Ross  Browne,  (now  Minister  to  China,)  seems  to 
be  eminently  qualified  for  his  task,  and  has  produced,  by  the  aid  of  a 
corps  of  gentlemen  to  whom  chiefly  he  gives  the  credit  due,  a  work  that 
