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Management of Commissioners, in thefame Manner as there is in this Kingdom aBoard of Trade and Plantations ; there theprincipal Branches are under the nicestPules, and exactest Regulations imaginable:They have two Persons who are principallyemployed, and under whose Direction areput all the Machine-works belonging totheir Mines ; these again have Meehanicksunder them, who are very industrious, andcontinually aiming at some Improvements;then, in order to promote Discoveries, theyappoint People: in every Province andCounty, who are called Minior MetalSearchers; because their daily Employment,and constant Business, is to survey theGrounds, and examine the Mountains, forall Kind of metalline Ores, Minerals, Veins,Beds, &c. Whatever Discoveries happen tobe made by these, they are instantly .re-ported to the Board; to which, it theyteem likely to prove beneficial, Orders areistued out immediately, and Miners are setto work in the most advantageous Manner ;after the same Method are all the otherBranches of this Science carried on, inwhich the fame Spirit prevails : How farany thing of this Kind can be attemptedand put in Execution, or what Person inPower will espouse and patronize such anUndertaking, I must confess I am yet al-together at a Loss to know ; but, certain I

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