40 THE ANALYST. EXAMINATION UNDER THE BUREAU O F MINES AMENDMENT ACT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1899. THE half-yearly examination for the qualification of Provincial Assayer, which was held at Victoria, British Columbia, on November 19, 1901, and the four subsequent days, resulted in the following gentlemen being granted licenses : D. A. Ayres, Trail ; N. Colinson, Victoria; W. Stone Marshall, Duncans, and G. H. Comrie, Vancouver. The examiners were : W. F. Robertson, provincial mineralogist, Chairman ; T. Rhymer Marshall, D.Sc. (Edin.), of Glasgow ; J. Cuthbert Welch, F.C.S., Chief Chemist Canadian Smelting Works, Trail ; and H. Carmichael, provincial assayer, Secretary .