MINING HAND BOOK

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13351, 17 December 1906, Page 5

MINING HAND BOOK

Per Press Association. Wei 1 i ngton, December 17 . , Fcr tl'va first tiiyv© since 1887, a Mining Handbook has ' been issued by tha 3l:ne.s Department. It is f edited by !\Fr P. Galvin, Secretary. ta ; the r .M-mim£ bureau, who also brough\t out the previous issxie when- Mr f^irnaeh^ .yytp Minister . for Mines. The >:oltime contains nearly 100 illustration^, « 'a mineral, in-ap for each Island,^ and some seventy papers by gardens, inspectors, i and other experts,, %ith a preface' bY the Hon. J. Mcd^owan, Mini-stcr for Mines. He says tl^t advcntagii has been taken of the bition to give a review of| the o >lony's mineral l resources, and $ gives %o'mp ai : cresting figures of div^drnda paid in the gold* industry.