Mr Etlieridge on Fossils from Bowen River Coalfield. 263 



encing relief— as if they had actually received the rite of 

 absolution. 



For nearly two years before his death, Dr M'Bain was in 

 delicate health ; he never well recovered from the shock of 

 his wife's sudden death, which greatly prostrated him. He 

 was a man much domesticated, and iMrs M'Bain took a large 

 share of the burden of life from his shoulders — her loss 

 therefore greatly aggravated a painful disease to which he 

 was subject, and which ultimately cut him off. For several 

 months before his death he suffered much, and the cessation 

 of life in his case could only be considered as a happy and 

 blessed relief. 



Dr M'Bain died at his residence at Logie Villa, Trinity, on 

 the 24th March 1879. 



VII. On a Collection of Fossils from the Boiven River Coalfield 

 and the Limestone of the Fanning River, North Queens- 

 land. By E. Etheridge, Jun., Esq., F.G.S., of the 

 British Museum, President. [Plates VII.-XVII.] 



(Read 18th February 1880.) 



1. Introduction. — The collection described in the foUoAv- 

 ing pages was forwarded to me for investigation by my former 

 colleague Mr E. L. Jack, F.E.G.S., F.G.S., etc., Government 

 Geologist for North Queensland. 



The specimens were collected either personally by Mr Jack, 

 or under his direction, during a survey of the Bowen Eiver 

 coalfield and its neighbourhood, and may be looked upon as 

 supplementary to those of the Daintree Collection described 

 by my father,* and brought together through the exertions of 

 my late lamented friend Eichard Daintree, C.M.G., F.G.S., 

 during the time he held the post now occupied by Mr E. L. 

 Jack. 



The present collection comprises fossils from three forma- 

 tions, viz., the Devonian of the Fanning Eiver, the Car- 

 boniferous of the Bowen coalfield, and the Cretaceous series 

 of the Tate Eiver. 



* Description of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Fossils of Queensland. Quart. 

 Jour. Geol. Soc, 1872, xxviii., pp. 317-360. 



