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 ON THE ASSAY MARKS ON GOLD AND SILVER I'LATH. .11 It various trades, especially working in silver and jewellery, and hence the establishment of an Assay Office and pai-ticular marks. After a few years, and the expenditure of .'^0,000/., the settlement was abandoned ; the Genevese became dis- contented at not having obtained as much as they wanted, and quitted the country, and the place has dwindled to a small obscure village without any trade ; it is, therefore, probable that very few, if any, articles were assayed or marked there. I have now brought to a conclusion the history of British plate marks, giving all the information I have been able to collect. With regard to the marks on ancient foreign plate, I must leave them to some Archaeologist who has oppor- tunities of visiting the cities on the Continent, and investi- gating the history of the marks used there. OCTAVIUS MORGAN.