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erate are visible. These consist of rocks similar to those of the 

 loose pebbles, and seem to have been formed by the binding 

 together of the underlying deposits by the action of perlocating 

 water from tlie once overlying cap of basalt. The breccia-con- 

 glomerate and grits are, therefore, younger than the glacial 

 deposits. Fragments and small blocks of them occur among the 

 pebbles on other portions of the hill. 



Along the flank of the hill on its north-western side there is a 

 reddish-yellow clayey soil, greatly resembling that constituting 

 the main mass of the deposits at Mundara. Lumps of granite 

 similar to that of Futter's, and the Mokoan Ranges occur loose 

 on the surface among the large blocks of ferrugijious breccia- 

 conglomerate. 



With reference to glaciated pebbles, it may be mentioned that 

 in only a few cases have undoubted striae been observed. The 

 general shape of the pebbles, however, combined with the great 

 general resemblance between these deposits and those at Mundara, 

 and the occurrence of the few finely striated pebbles appear to be 

 sufficient evidence to prove their glacial origin. 



The nature of the underlying Ordovician? strata has been 

 ascertained by shafts sunk thi'ough the basalt near the top of 

 the hill. Two of these shafts bottomed on the Palaeozoic sand- 

 stones and slates at 40 feet, after passing through from 20 to 25 

 feet of soil and decomposed basalt, and from 9 to 20 feet of 

 glacial material ; the other bottomed on similar sandstone at 22 

 feet, after passing through 12 feet of soil and decomposed basalt, 

 and 10 feet of glacial material. 



In the glacial material a little tine and coarse gold was found, 

 but not in payable quantity. 



Canning's Hill rises to the height of about 60 feet from the 

 flats to the south, or about 650 feet above sea level. 



The basalt on the hill is of exceedingly tine texture, and dark 

 blue colour, weathering with grey and brown surfaces into a 

 chocolate soil. Numerous rounded pieces litter the surface of the 

 hill on its highest position, and the general appearance of the 

 rock is similar to that of the " Older Basalts " of Victoria. The 

 occurrence of this small outlier here is of interest, since no other 

 basalt occurs in the district. The nearest known occurrence is 

 that on the divide between the Boggy and Fifteen Mile Creeks, 



