56 GEOLOGICAL NOTES ON KOSCIUSKO, 



which are now that distance above the sea, for of course it is 

 quite possible that there has been elevation or subsidence of the 

 land as a whole since the ice age." 



Mr. Montgomery also concludes {op. cit. p. 162) that the 

 glaciation could not have been very ancient, basing his inference 

 on the excellent state of preservation of the greenstone erratics 

 and glaciated rock surfaces near East Mount Pelion, among the 

 branches of the River Forth. 



Mr. T. B. Moore maintains that the ice during part of this late 

 Cainozoic glaciation came down to within 150 feet of sea level, 

 probably even to sea level on the west coast of Tasmania, near 

 Macquarie Harbour. 



He records the occurrence of large ice- worn boulders near 

 Upper Landing on King's River, which flows into Macquarie 

 Harbour, and also at the neighbouring locality of Harvey's Creek, 

 the altitute being only 100 feet above the sea. 



He states that between Strahan and Lyell there is a well- 

 marked moraine, quite distinct from and far newer than the 

 Permo-Oarboniferous glacial beds, and that a "Giant's Kettle" 

 occurs in connection with this moraine. 



Messrs. Officer, Balfour and Hogg, however, consider this 

 moraine to be of Permo-Carboniferous Age (29). 



Whether the age of this glaciation at so low a level be Permo- 

 Carboniferous or Post-Miocene, it would appear from Mr. 

 Montgomery's observations that the glaciation near East Mount 

 Pelion at elevations of 2,000-3,000 feet has taken place in Post- 

 Tertiary, possibly in recent geological times. 



Messrs. Officer, Balfour and Hogg {op. cit. p. 129) state that as 

 the "last of the previous winter's snow had not melted on 

 Olympus by the end of January, it is not necessary to assume 

 a very extensive fall of temperature to account for perpetual snow 

 in these regions." 



(2) New Zealand. — Dr Haast, Captain F. W. Hutton and Dr. 

 R. von Lendenfeld, and others, have described evidences of what 

 Captain Hutton terms a glacier epoch, as distinct from a glacial 

 epoch in New Zealand (30-33). It is generally agreed by these 



