It is the best 1 have yet tried or seen instoping a big reef or any other kiud of raining where blasting ia .required ; it is not so rash as dynamite or gelignite, therefore it spread and breaks more ground. It is perfectly safe, with no. il] effects from the fumes. Having wed it for the time stated 1 can with confidence recommend it, aa I have used nearly all the explosives that have' been in the market for the last 20 years. (Signed), JAMES GREENISH, Manager, .. Thames, May 29th, 1893. I have much pleasure in giving my testimony in favour of Rackarock Ex plosive, After giving it an oxhauFtive trial I was :so .satisfied; of its thorough fficiency and superiority to other explosives that. I used it' almost exclusively for fully three years in the Saxon minoof which I was manager, and during tha period in which it was coustanily used I had no reason to alter my opinion, t found it veiy suitable for our class of rock and quartz reefs, and that a large per centage of work could be done by its use and at less cost, while there were little or no noxious fumes to contend with, (Signed), T. A. DUNLOP. Local Agents— J. H. Smith and Oo, P Thames and IPaeroa,



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