152 GEOLOGY. 



indicated by the traditions of the Maories of their advent to this island, 

 and at a period before what is probably the oldest volcano in Auckland 

 became extinct." E,. E., Jun. 



Gosse, W. C. Explorations in Central Australia during 1873. Proc. 

 E. Geogr. Soc. vol. xix. pp. 51-53. 



The furthest point reached, after starting from Alice Springs, was 

 about lat. 20,'' 32' S., long. 126° 59' E. Details of 60,000 sq. miles 

 of country were obtained. In a postscript, Mr. G. W. Goyder, Sur- 

 veyor General of S. Australia, states that the geological specimens of 

 the expedition indicate that the country traversed consists chiefly of 

 granite. H. E., Jun. 



Gregory, — . Geological Survey of Queensland ; Report on the 

 Geology of Part of the Districts of Wide Bay and Burnett. Queens- 

 lander ^ vol. X. n. ser. no. 3, p. 16. 



Abstract of a Report to the Legislative Assembly. The "green- 

 stone-trap " of the Gympie Gold-field, upon which rests the Devonian 

 with auriferous quartz-veins, is stated to be a sedimentary rock — an 

 opinion at variance with that previously arrived at. The Devonian 

 slates of Queensland are only rich in mineral deposits where they hold 

 in combination considerable quantities of lime or magnesia. The rocks 

 in which lie the productive gold-reefs of Gympie belong to this class. 

 They are of considerable thickness, and have a high dip. R. E., Jun. 



Haast, Dr. J. Researches and Excavations carried on in and near 



the Moa-bone Point Cave, Sumner Road, in the year 1872. Trans. 



N. Zealand Inst. vol. vii. pp. 54-85, pis. 1 and 2 ; Proceedings, 



pp. 528-530, &c. 



a. Introduction; h. Geological Features; c. Position of the Cave; 



d. Contents of Cave; e. Excavations amongst the Sand-hills outside 



the Cave; /. Conclusion; g. Appendices. The same as the paper 



noticed in the Geological Record for 1874, p. 151. R. E., Jun. 



. Notes on an ancient Native Burial Place near the Moa-bone 



Point, Sumner. Trans. N. Zealand Inst. vol. vii. pp. 86-91, 

 pis. 3 (sections 1 and 2) and 4. 

 A small depression amongst the rock-blufls which form the shore of 

 the estuary was filled with deposits showing the following section : — 

 1. Marine sands, with shells and rolled seal-bones, 4 to 7 ft. ; 2. Loam, 

 with angular fragments of volcanic rocks and a few moa-bones, 4 to 

 6 ft. ; 3. Drift sands, 3 ft., containing the human skeletons and moa- 

 bones ; 4. Drift sands and slope dejyosits, with kitchen-middens. These 

 deposits are divided in their lower portion into two by a bed of volcanic 

 rock. Considers that this locality was used as a burial-place, probably 

 by the race of " Moa-hunters," before the later " Shell-fish Eaters " 

 occupied the ground, and that the uppermost beds were formed only 

 after the older occupants had long left the ground. R. E., Jun. 



Notes on the Moa-hunter Encampment at Shag Point, Otago. 



Trans. N. Zealand Inst. vol. vii. pp. 91-98, pi. 3 (sections 1-3) 



