AUSTKALASIA. 163 



(nmis tumichis and Palceeudyptes antarcticus. Thinks that no Cretaceous 

 fossils or Saurian remains have been met with on the W. coast of the 

 S. Island of N. Zealand. R. E., Jun. 



Johnston, R. M. Further Notes on the Tertiary Marine Beds at 

 Table Cape, Tasmania. Monthly Notices R. Soc. Tasm. for 1876. 



The section consists of: — (a) Cap of recent basaltic tuff. (6) Beds of 

 calcareous sandstone characterized by Turritella Warhurtonii. (c) The 

 Crassatella bed, resting unconformably on {d) Metamorphosed con- 

 f^lomerate (? Silurian), {e) Highly inclined micaceous slate, h and e 

 are the fossiliferous Table Cape beds, and form the chief subject. Tho 

 beds are described in detail, and a list of fossils given. li. E., Jun. 



Kayser, E. A. Report on the Country traversed between the Gilbert 

 River and Taldora. Pp. 7. Fol. Brishane. [See also The Queens- 

 lander, n. ser. vol. xii. Aug. 19, 2i).'] 

 Between Georgetown and the Cloncurry goldfield the country is com- 

 posed of a horizontal conglomerate, unconformable on all the other 

 rocks. Contains a sub-report, " Geological and Mining Report on the 

 Cloncurry Goldfield." Notices the minerals there, the alluvial diggings, 

 quartz reefs, calc-spar reefs, and copper lodes. R. E., Jun. 



Krefft, G. Further discoveries of Ossiferous Caverns in New South 

 Wales. Geol. Mag. dec. ii. vol. iii. p. 520. 



Caves containing an ossiferous breccia, like those of the Wellington 

 Valley, between Cowra and Canowindra, 70 or 80 miles from Bathurst, 

 are noticed. R. E., Jun. 



Mulligan, J. V. Report on an Expedition in Search of Gold and 

 other Minerals in the Palmer Districts. Pp. 23. Fol. Brisbane. 

 Geological information scattered throughout. 



Napier, F. Notes on the Physical Geography and Natural History 



of tho North Coast of Australia. Pp. 11. 8vo. Olasgoiv, [Read 



to Phil. Soc. Glasg. Jan. 12.] 



Between long. 125° E. and long. 145° E. there is no elevation within 



50 miles of the sea approaching 1000 ft. in height. The country for 



the most part is composed of sandstone (Desert sandstone of Daintree). 



R. E., Jun. 



Rawlinson, T. E. Notes on the Discovery of Some Keys in the Shore 

 Formation of Corio Bay, near Geelong. Trans. B. jSoc. Vict. vol. 

 xii. pp. 1^3-43 ; 5 plates. 

 Relates to keys found in a raised beach in an excavation for a lime- 

 kiln, 10 ft. above high- water mark and 40 ft. inland. See Gunn, 

 p. 161. R. E., Jun. 



. On the Past and Present of the Port of Melboume, and 



Proposed Works for its Improvement. Travis. B. Soc. Vict. vol. xii. 

 pp. 110-122, plan (not geological). 



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