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you have obtained evidence of several entirely new fishes of 

 great interest, one of the most striking of which I have 

 great pleasure in dedicating to you, as a memorial of your 

 successful labours in clearing up this difficult piece of local 

 geology and palaeontology. You have also thrown a flood 

 of light on the other species, by your skilful putting together 

 of the fragments, and showing the relations of many parts 

 by your painstaking clearing of these bi-ittle remains from 

 the hard matrix. 



" The whole of these organic remains are now being 

 carefully figured for the next decade of the Palaeontology of 

 Victoria, in which further acknowledgment will be made of 

 the value of your friendly help." 



In conclusion, my thanks are due, especially to Professor 

 McCoy, in whose hands the specimens have been placed for 

 description, and to whom I am indebted for the names and 

 descriptions of various forms. To Mr. Murray, for the 

 ready and thorough manner in which he employed his 

 knowledge to assist me in finding the exact locality, &c., 

 whence the first fossils found were obtained. To the Rev 

 A. W. Cresswell, M.A., for information as to locality and 

 notes of fossils found by him. To Mr. D. Mitchell, for per- 

 mission to quarry on his estate ; and to his managers, Mr. 

 P. F. Nembegin and Mr. Loveband, for their kind assistance. 

 To Mr. P. O'Halloran, for permission to quarry, and 

 assistance. To Mr. McCartney, for ])ermission to camp on 

 the Battery Estate. To Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B. Sc, 

 and to Professor Spencer, for encouragement and advice, 

 without whose kindly help, this paper would not, I think, 

 have been presented, they being of opinion that the record 

 of my work would be of interest and value. 



