In the present report it is sought to explain a number of points, including, in particular, to give an explanation as to why the Company now estimates that its annual loss would be £169,000 per annum as against an estimate of £100,000 per annum, given in the statement issued by the Chamber of Mines. Information is also given in this report concerning the present ore reserve position which is closely bound up with the proposed development program.

Report on mine maintenance, costs, equipment, employment, reserves, and workings.

A summary report of the maintenance work being carried out in various Western Australian gold mines.

A visit was paid to Wiluna on July 28th and 29th, and an inspection made of the underground workings and of the plant. The extraction programme and production of arsenic at Wiluna are discussed in this report.

Mineral deposits in Papua include those of gold, copper and manganese and from these there has been produced gold; silver; copper, copper matte and copper ore; manganese ore; osmiridium and platinum. The gold has been obtained from alluvial deposits and lodes and from the copper deposits. Silver has been obtained along with the gold, but no separate record of it has been kept. The copper and manganese ores have been obtained from their respective deposits. The osmiridium and platinum have been won during the mining of the alluvial gold deposits. A fairly intensive search has been made for petroleum, but there has not been any commercial production. The total value of the mineral production to 30th June, 1941, is £3, 246, 353, the detailed production being as follows: [see table in record].

This note concerns the request by the Midland Mining Co. Ltd. for financial assistance in the development of a deposit of kyanite to the north of Yanmah, in the Southern Division of Western Australia. The report comprises brief notes on the geology of the area, proposed work, and the occurrence of kyanite as these relate to the proposed further development of the deposit.

On the 5th February, Mr. A. A. McLeod, General Superintendent of King Island Scheelite, N.L., telegraphed that it was desired to obtain further information about the ore structure to the north-east of cross-section line 13, and suggested the drilling of two diamond drill holes. Three possible sites and holes were discussed. In response to a request from Mr. McLeod, a visit was paid to the mine on the 26th and 27th ultimo, when returning from Mount Bischoff mine, Tasmania. The whole position regarding the above portion of the deposit and open cut were reconsidered, and problems regarding drilling further west on the northern side were also investigated. A short statement was prepared while at the mine which forms the basis of the remainder of this report.

Report on mine maintenance, costs, equipment, employment, reserves, and workings.

Two reports on the Costerfield Gold-Antimony veins have been published. Bulletin No. 50 of the Victorian Geological Survey, by H.S. Whitelaw gives an account of the lodes and workings and of the history of the mine. An excellent description of the reefs and the mineralisation by Dr. F.L. Stillwell appeared in the proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, New Series, No. 48, 1922. In view of the existence of these publications, repetition of the details of Costerfield history, workings and geological features is avoided as much as possible in this report, and they are merely summarised in order to present the essential facts concerning the mineralised system.

The relevant portions of letters from Non-Metallics Limited addressed to Mr. J.M. Newman, setting out the reasons for their Application for a Commonwealth Grant, and the details of the Company's position are reproduced here.