166 GEOLOGY. 



The Gold found in the Tertiary alluvial deposits at the Old Tallawang 

 and Clongh's Gully diggings has chiefly been derived from Coal Mea- 

 sure Conglomerates, associated with beds of sandstone and shale, con- 

 taining Glossopteris. This is the first time that gold lias been obtained 

 in paying quantities from the Coal Measures of the colony. E.. E., Jun. 



Wilkinson, C. S. Eeport on the Discovery of Tin and other Metals 

 in the Burra Burra District, between the Bogan and the Lachlan 

 Eivers. The Queenslander, n. s. vol. xii. Sept. 23. 



Eich beds of stream-tin exist here. 



Wintle, S. H. Stanniferous Deposits of Tasmania. Trans. R. Soc. 

 N. S. Wales, vol. ix. pp. 87-95, section. 



Describes the deposits at Mt. BischofF (see Geological Eecord 

 for 1874, p. 159), Mt. Eamsay, Wombat Hill, Mt. Housetop, and 

 George Bay, East Coast. The rock at Mt. Eamsay is a coarse 

 tourmaline-granite, with older Palaeozoic rocks round the base. There 

 is also a rich lode of bismuth. At George Bay the rock is highly 

 stanniferous granite. E. E., Jun. 



Woods, Rev. J. E. T. On the History of Australian Tertiary Geo- 

 logy. Monthly Notices 11. Soc. Tasm. for 1876. 



Gives a sketch of the progress made in the investigation of this sub- 

 ject, and some remarks on the relation of the Australian Secondary and 

 Tertiary faunas one with the other. E. E., Jun. 



Victoria. Eeports of the Mining Surveyors and Eegistrars, Dec. 31, 

 1875.— No. 71, pp. 37; March 31, 1876. No. 6, pp. 37; June 

 30. No. 2(j, pp. 38 ; September 30. No. 50, pp. 40, contains a 

 reprint of F. von Mueller's paper ^^Description of Fossil Plants 

 from the Upper Tertiary Auriferous Drifts of N. S. Wales ;" 

 pp. 39, 40, pi. 12, a description of Rhytidocaryon Wilkinsonii, 

 and note on Xylocaryon Lochii. Eol. Melbourne. 



Mineral Statistics of, for the year 1875. No. 12, pp. 56. 



Melbourne. 



