Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Secretary for Mines for 1902-1903: Including Reports of the Commissioners of Mines, Inspectors of Mines, Government Geologist, Assistant Government Geologist, Mount Cameron Water-Race Board, &C Inoorder to keep in touch as much as possible with these Societies it will be necessary to have an extra number of the Geological Reports printed as they are from time to time published. The reports are printed in pamphlet form, and are issued gratis. A large number is forwarded to the agent-general in England for free distribution, and exchanges are made with the principal Mining and Geological Institutions of the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.