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424 [Doc. 152.
SWEDENBORG’S OFFICIAL LIFE .
trial be made with about 10 skeppund or more, so that no
objection may be taken to the computation of the royalty, on
the ground that the trial was made on too small a scale. It
would, however, be a great matter of doubt for me to consent
to have the trial made on a smaller scale, on account of
reasons which I do not wish to state here, and also for
this reason, that one must unavoidably lose in a furnace which
is entirely cold, and where only from 3 to 4 skeppund are
worked up ; and this loss is not only in time, but also in
coal and in copper ; a loss not so sensibly experienced
in a trial on a larger scale. I will explain this by a more
convincing example. In iron furnaces the owner loses con
siderably in coal and also in iron during the first eight to
fourteen days, likewise in time ; since only one half or one
third is obtained during that time. But as it is reported by
the Board of Mines, that the mine-owners, for the most part,
consist of such persons as can at the utmost work up from
four to five skeppund, and many much less, and as they
undeniably lose both in time and in coal, this ought to be
remedied, by several smelting together from ten to fifteen
skeppund. Now, as a loss is sure to accrue from small trials,
and as, consequently, the certainty which may justly be
demanded from trials is not obtained, therefore the basis on
which my royalty is to be computed is not summarily false, as
has been alleged, but the mine-owners themselves are the cause
of it, since they are opposed to an increased yield and
wilfully cause a loss to themselves.
7. With regard to the conclusion at which the Board of
Mines have arrived in respect to the institution of the trial,
and the computation of the royalty, I leave it to Your Ex
cellency’s consideration, as well as to that of the Board of
Mines, how far a trial can be instituted under a mere promise,
when so many difficulties are brought forward beforehand
about the settlement of the basis for the computation of the
royalty; all of which, as well as one’s reputation, would have
to be risked in the safest case and the most successful issue,
whenever the examination thereof is left to the judgment of
those who are opposed to the whole matter.
8. The Board of Mines consider it to be vain to regulate
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