A paper accompanyiug and explanatory of a printed prelimiuavy Fauna of the disti-ict w:is 

 read on the 31 st May, 1852, and it was originally intended to have been published in the 

 Proceedings of that Session ; the Author having thought, however, that advantage might aiise 

 from delay, the Coiuicil detei-mined upon postponing it until the present opportunity. 



