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to hold fossils ; ho contrasted these with the deposits at Table Cape and 

 Macquarie Harbor, and cited them as showing that the recent general elevation 

 of the island had been greater upon the northern than on the southern side. 

 After poiutiiig out the courses of more important ranges, he gave a short 

 account of the fertile basaltic areas of Scott's new country, &c. ; he also 

 alluded to the efforts that had been made to discover gold in the neighbor- 

 hood of Nine Mile Springs, and the Devil's Den, referring more especially to 

 the latter locality as exhibiting gullies of some promise, and pointing out 

 that the work hitherto performed had been perfectly insufificient to afford any 

 tost as to the existence of gold, only a few men having been employed, and the 

 work performed by them having been, in part, ineffective, from an injudicioiia 

 selection of the spot tried. 



A vote of thanks having been accorded to Mr. M. Allport, and Mr. 

 Gould, and alao to the donor* of the various presentations, the meeting broke 

 up. 



