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7. Coal beds near Peak Mountain, near tlie Fassifern line of 

 railway, and about 20 miles from Ipswich. This is an outcrop, 

 which has been cut through by a volcanic dyke and destroyed. 

 There are many remains of fossil plants and much Siderite. The 

 fossils are of a dark ferruginous color without any carbonaceous 

 matter. The ferns were extremely like Rhacopteris, but await 

 examination. If they belong to that genus, this would indicate 

 a much lower horizon than any beds hitherto found in Queensland. 



8. Plant beds in the Eosewood Scrub, about 10 miles from 

 Ipswich. These appear to be quite unconnected with any coal 

 formation, and I should say are of tertiary age. They consist 

 of fragments of palms, and other endogenous plants, with a few 

 ferns. They are imbedded in an extremely hard silico-f erruginous 

 cement. I have not visited the locality, but from the abundance 

 of the fossils brought to me, it must be an extensive and rich 

 deposit. 



9. Plant beds on the Darling Downs, near Toowoomba. This 

 deposit is somewhat like that last mentioned, except that ferns 

 are more abundant. I should think it was older. The cement 

 is much mere ferruginous and of a darker color, probably 

 including a good deal of carbonaceous matter. I have not 

 visited this locality. The specimens came from some portions 

 of the volcanic rocks of the Darling Downs, and probably they 

 have been entombed under some ash bed or basaltic overflow. 



The whole of these different deposits have afforded me an 

 extremely rich collection of vegetable remains, which are now 

 under examination. I have refrained from speaking positively 

 of the character of any species until the specimens have 

 undergone the most careful comparisons and revision. As far 

 as I have gone I am inclined to the belief that no very clear line 

 of separation can be made between the coal beds of Newcastle 

 and Queensland. They are I believe the lower and upper 

 members of one immense formation, extending over a long period 



