摘要
The policy, initiated in connection with the Stockholm Session of the Congress in 1910, of compiling special studies of the world resources in certain mineral deposits having resulted in a series of very valuable publications(e. g. Iron Ore Resources, Coal Resources, Pyrites Resources, etc.), the Organising Committee of the XV Session in South Africa decided to initiate an enquiry into the Gold Resources of the World, as it was felt that such a subject was singularly appropriate on the occasion of a Congress meeting in the richest gold producing country in the World.