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of the Devonian areas, and an appendix on the microscopic structure 

 and the composition of some of the rocks. 



5. lieix>rt on the Geological Survey of Stawell, by Norman Taylor, 

 pp. 250-272. The first part is a description of the auriferous quartz 

 lodes, with many plans. Details of the Tertiary rocks, a list of the 

 marine fossils found in beds above the auriferous deposit of the Welcome 

 Kush, and a list of the minerals of the district are given, 



6. Eeport on the Kilcunda and Cape Patterson Coalfields, by T. Cowan, 

 pp. 273-280. 



7. Localities of Minerals which occur in Victoria, pp. 280-288 ; and 

 8. On the Reported Discovery of Coal at Sunbury, by W. Nicholas, 

 pp. 288-290. N"© coal found. 



9. Laboratory Report, by J. C. Newbery, pp. 290-307. Notes on 

 the deposition of gold now going on in many mines. Analyses of 

 basaltic rocks, "• Selwynite," antimony, nickel, &e. R. E., Jun. 



Thorne, G., Jun. Notes on the Discovery of Moa and Moa-hunters* 

 Remains at Pataua River, near Whangarei. Trans. N. Zealand 

 Inst. vol. viii. pp. 83-94, pis. 1-3 (implements and section). 



General account of the discovery of moa bones, flint and other imple- 

 ments, human skeletons, &c. in superficial accumulations. 



Travers, W. T, L. Notes on the Extinction of the Moa, with a 

 Review of the Discussion on the subject published in the Trans- 

 actions of the N. Z. Institute. Trans. N. Zealand I,ist. vol. viii. 

 pp. 58-83. 



Contains many facts bearing on N. Zealand Post-Tertiary geology. 



Tunny, J. M. The Coals and Coalfields in the Province of Auckland. 



Trans. iV. Zealand Inst. vol. viii. pp. 387-389. 

 Gives analyses of 5 kinds of N. Zealand coal, and contends, from the 

 superior quality of these, that importation of foreign coal is needless. 



Ulrich, G. H. F. Report of an Inspection of the Bismuth Mine at 

 Mount Ramsay, Tasmania. Pp. 14. 8vo. Hohart Town. 



Native bismuth, in the form of small crystalline particles and 

 roundish pellets, occurs in a crystalline-granular amphibolite or horn- 

 blende-rock, forming a massive contact-deposit like a " stock," and in 

 some respects like the so-called "Fahl-bands" of Scandinavia, in the 

 granitic mass of Mt. Ramsay, near Mt. Bischofi'. The hornblende- 

 rock contains in addition argentiferous and auriferous ores ; but the 

 bismuth itself does not contain either gold or silver. Information as to 

 the working of the mine is given ; and results of analyses of the various 

 ores, by J. C. Newbery. R. E., Jun. 



Wilkinson, C. S. Report to the Minister of Mines, " On the Occur- 

 rence of Gold in the Coal Measure Conglomerates of N. S. Wales." 

 Sydney Evening News, no. 2940 ; Sydney Morning Herald, Dec. 2; 

 The Queenslaiuler, Dec. 10. 



