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geological age of the marine deposits of the West Melbourne 

 Swamp area. In the extension of this same sewer towards 

 Kensington, at a distance of about 200ft. from wliere the bone 

 was found, numbers of marine shells were discovered, all of 

 which appear to be recent species, and this close association of 

 these remains seems to warrant the application of Pleistocene for 

 the geological age of the deposits in this area. 



