" Cinnabar containing 82 per cent, of "mercury has been found in the same t: range. We saw a sample of specular " iron in the County Museum at Clyde " which is found in quantity at the Old " Man Range, and which on analysis is " found to be capable of yielding 80 per " cent, of pure steel. The Ural Moun " tains and Sweden are said to be the " only places where it is wrought at pre " sent. The following minerals are also " found in abundance in the Dunstan dis " trict, viz. : — Rhodonite, or manganese " spar; manganite, or the grey oxide of " manganese ; bonrnonite, or grey copper " ore ; and specimens of graphite, galena, " native copper, zinc-blende, and silver " have also been obtained. The dormant " mineral resources of the district are " evidently very extensive, only requiring " improved communication to become a " source of additional wealth to the com " munity. We saw at the Museum at " Clyde a specimen of stalactitic marble, " beautifully marked and semi-translu tl cent, which was taken from a vein dis " covered betwixt Cromwell and Clyde, " said to be capable of being quarried to " a large and profitable extent if? easy " means of carriage were practicable." Such then is the character of the country traversed by the County Commissioners. In the course of an eleven days journey not a dangerons creek or steep gully was met with ; neither a swamp nor a moun tain top ; not a single patch of shingle or peat bog ; "all as fine land as ever a farmer could wish to pub a plough into." The fruits and minerals are all of the best ; neither blight, rust, nor dross ; and even the human beings inhabiting this fine country seem to belong to a superior race for our Commissioners " were struck by " the intelligence of witnesses, and the " total absence of complaint on their " part." Who could complain in such a country] ..Even a farmer would be un able to get up a growl. To the realisation of absolute perfection in health, wealth, j and happiness only one thing is wanted, and that is a railway. 