20G FrovcediiKjx of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



pjoschman's Foiitein, Maggie's Fouteiii, etc. Transvaal sections 

 are given at pp. 312 and 313. "Boulder beds" are mentioned 

 and shewn, and these are piobably Dwyka Conglomerate and 

 the overlying l)eds containing the coal seams and (xlossopteris, 

 etc., are doubtless conformaljje with the "boulder beds." The 

 resemblance of these Transvaal occuri'ences to the Ashford coal 

 and its associated glacial conglomerate and fossiliferous shales is 

 most striking. The Ashford coal measures undoubtedly represent 

 the lowest horizon of coal bearing beds in New South Wales on 

 the Greta coal measures. 



The coal seams and fossils occurring above and below them, as 

 described by Mr. Draper, correspond with the Ashford horizon 

 and therefore belong to the lower coal measures of South Africa 

 — the Kimberley shale horizon — -and not to the Molteno coal 

 measures of the Stormberg series, which are much higher in the 

 geological scale. The Molteno coal measures are characterised by 

 Taeniopteris, Odontopteris, Zamites, etc., in great abundance ; a 

 very characteristic feature of these fossil ferns is that the stems 

 bifurcate. The Molteno coal measures correspond with the 

 upper coal measures of New South Wales, the Warwick coal 

 measures of Queensland, and the coal measures of N. E. 

 Tasmania. 



If the Boschman's Fontein and other coal deposits described 

 Ijy Mr. Draper as associated with Glossopteris, Gangamopteris, 

 etc., belong to the Kimberley shales horizon then the sub-Karroo 

 coal seams are proved absolutely to exist. 



In the shales associated with the faultt'd coal at Ilabie's Farm, 

 Camdeboo, Glossopteris, Eijuisetae and ])erhaps Gangamopteris, 

 were found. These fossils are found in the Kimberley shales at 

 several points, but never associated with the IMolteno coal 

 measures. 



To revei't to the Ashford locality, there is, about h mile south 

 of Coal Gully, another small gully running east into the Severn 

 River, called Sheepskin Gully. About \ mile from the river up 

 the gully, the Derrinal Conglomerate occurs resting unconforin- 

 ably upon the upturned edges of the carl)oniferous (?) beds, these 

 latter dip E. 66°, while the glacial conglomerate dips W. 26°. 

 At this point the conglomerate consists of small pebbles having 

 characteristic glaciated forms, some showing striations ; they are 



