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Excerpt from The Transactions of the Canadian Mining Institute, 1913, Vol. 16 While I must confess to a very limited knowledge of the technical aspects of mining, I fully recognize the vast importance your deliberations can be to Canada. Until but recently we have had a most vague conception of the mineral potentialities of the Dominion, and to your Institute belongs the credit of directing attention to the great Opportunities Canada affords to those who would undertake development in this direction, while at the same time you aim to promote the welfare of existing industry. Great progress has been made in scientific knowledge in recent years, and associations such as yours have done much to make science the hand-maiden of industry. In other direc tions you have done excellent work. I refer particularly to your good offices in assisting both the Federal and Provincial governments in the framing of legislation appertaining to mining. That I realize the value and utility of your efforts is, I hope, indicated by my presence here to-day. You hold great power for the benefit of your country; and I trust this power will be exercised With increasing strength to the lasting advantage of the people of Canada. May I again express to you my heart-felt sympathy and my best wishes for the continued success of the Canadian Mining Institute. The President, Dr. Alfred E. Barlow, after expressing the Institute's acknowledgements to His Royal Highness, delivered his annual address. He said' 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