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ON July 5 the Sub-Wealden boring had reached the depth of 1,400 feet, and it is expected that this week it will have reached 1.500 feet. But this will have quite exhausted the funds of the Committee, and Mr, Henry Willett appeals for more subscriptions. “It cannot be too widely known,” he states, “that unless 2,000 feet be reached, the solution of the problem is as far off as ever. We have met with nothing to show that Palaeozoic rocks, as anticipated, may not lie at the estimated depth.” We are inclined to think that Mr. Willett is too desponding in thinking that failure “seems to be imminent” from want of funds. We are sure there are many wealthy men, who, if the importance of the undertaking were properly represented to them, would come to the rescue and advance the trifling sum necessary for the completion of the experiment.