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Kumara Times, Issue 798, 22 April 1879, Page 4

The School of Mines at Ballarat has just issued its annual report showing that a large amount of valuable work continues to be done in assays and analyses for the general public, as well as in teaching. The interest taken in the institution may be inferred from the facts that a Government grant of nearly six thousand pounds was made for the year; that the subscriptions, independent of . fees, exceeded sixteen hundred pounds ; and that nine lads from the public schools, had their class fees paid by individuate, who saw the good that is being done. As Professor Pearson wrote in the visitor’s book—“ The school appears to do a treat deal of useful work at a very small cost.” The establishment of a similar school in this Colony ought to be urged by every public than who reflects on the importance of employing all possible agencies to bring its unquestioned mineral treasures to practical account. The Ballarat experiment has shown that this can be done at a comparatively small cost.