To ttte //<//< '/u/-<;/y/f the Secretary of // /'/-"ci/tce of Ontario. 



SIR, 1 have the honour to submit to you, for the information of His Excellency the 

 Lieutenant-Governor in Council and the Legislature, the following Report upon the Palaeon- 

 tology of the Province of Ontario, embracing description* and figures of the organic remain^ 

 of the Devonian formation of Western Canada. 



In addition to the collections which, by the liberality ot the Legislature. I was enablrd 

 to make from the Devonian rocks, I also examined and formed collections from various por- 

 tions of the Silurian series. The description of these, however, I must in the meanwhile 

 hold over, partly because of their being still incomplete, and partly on account of my own want 

 of leisure. 



In addition to the collection which I have placed in the Museum of tin I'nivtT-iiy. L 

 have also placed examples of the more typical Devouiuu fos<il in the Museum of the Col 



of Technology. 



I have the honour to br. Sir, 



Yuur most obedient servant, 



II. ALLETNI Mirum- N 



I'niTersity College, Toronto, 

 October. 1873. 



