300 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION C 



3.— ON METAMORPHISM AND THE ROCKS OF THE 

 BATHURST DISTRICT. 



By W. J. Clunies Ross, B.Sc, F.G.S. 

 [Abst7'act]. 



The paper was in two parts. The first dealt with some of the 

 problems of Modern Geology, and pointed out the uncertainty as 

 to the origin of many Metamorphic rocks and the vagueness 

 with which terms are used in reference to rocks. Suggestions 

 were made as to the direction in which investigations might be 

 made. The second part contained a brief description of some of 

 the rocks found in the Bathurst District. The rock on which 

 Bathurst itself stands was described, and also the drifts of the 

 neighbourhood. The Metamorphic rocks of the district were 

 alluded to, and the alterations which some of the fossiliferous 

 rocks have undergone described. The rocks in the neighbourhood 

 of the Sunny Corner Mine were also dealt with. 



4.— ON THE ADVISABILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN 

 ASSOCIATION OF MINING ENGINEERS IN 

 NEW SOUTH WALES. 



By Felix Ratte, Ing., Arts et Manuf., Paris, of the 

 Australian Museum, Sydney. 



5.— ON THE DISCOVERY OF FOSSILS AT 

 ROCKHAMPTON. 



By James Smith, of Rockhampton. 



[Abst7'aci.'] 



In a lengthy communication the author described various localities 

 in the neighbourhood of Rockhampton, where fossil organic remains 

 had been found by him. These are of three ages — Permo-Car- 

 boniferous, Mesozoic, and Post-Tertiary, and extend over an area 

 of three hundred miles by forty. " from the sea to the Drummond 

 Range." 



Fer7no-Carbo7iife7'ous. — The oldest formation is a succession of 

 thin variegated shales, much tilted and metamorphosed, forming 

 the Athelstane Range, a long ridge running diagonally through 

 the municipality of Rockhampton. The fossils are much broken 

 up, but casts of crinoid stems are recognisable, with Zaphrentoid 



