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a notice of other auriferous localities in the Dharwar, Belgaum, and 

 Kuladgee districts. P. D. 



Fras, Oscae. [Geology of Palestine.] N. Jahrb. Heft iv. pp. 410-412. 



Letter announcing contributions to the Stuttgart Museum from 

 Herr Zeller, a missionary at Nazareth. Specimens from Mount Osha, 

 north of Es Salt, contain fossils of Cenomanian (Lower Chalk) age. 

 The red iron-shot sandstone, known as " Nubian Sandstone," appears 

 to bo not older than the Lower Chalk. E. W. E. 



Godwin-- Austen, Major H. H. On the Garo Hills. Journ. E. Geogr. 

 Soc. vol. xliii. [Published in 1874, though dated 1873.] 



At the end of this paper there is a " geological appendix," pp. 42-46. 

 The rocks of the district are gneiss, on which rests a considerable thick- 

 ness of Cretaceous rocks capped by Nummulitic Limestone and later 

 Tertiary sandstone, also amygdaloid trap (the Sylhet trap of Medlicott). 

 The secondary beds consist chiefly of sandstones with seams of coal, 

 some 10 feet thick. Many local details are given. G. A. L. 



Gore, J. E. Note on a bed of Eossiliferous "Kunkur" in the 



Punjab. 

 Three feet below the surface of the ground, in a six-inch bed of soft 

 limestone, are shells, chiefly of the genera Planorhis and Limnceus. 



Greeptwood, Col. The Upper Indus Basin. Geol. Mag. dec. 2, vol. i. 

 p. 45. 



Refers to a memoir by Mr. Drew (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. vol. xxix. 

 p. 441) on the subject, and suggests that the alternation of gorges with 

 alluvial flats depends on the different hardness of the rocks, and main- 

 tains that this is enough to account for the consecutive accumulation and 

 denudation of alluvium. (See Drew, p. 133.) E. D. 



Hodges, Prof. On the Composition of Tea and Tea-soils from Cachar. 



Chem. News, vol. xxx. no. 771, pp. 114-116. 

 Gives chemical composition of the soil and subsoil from the field on 

 which the tea had been grown. 



Hughes, T. W. H. Notes on some of the Iron Ores of Kumaon. 

 llec. Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. vii. pt. 1, pp. 15-20. See also Supple- 

 ment to Gazette of India, Aug. 22, pp. 1466-68. 

 The extent of the beds of iron-ore and of limestone and their quality 

 are discussed with a view to settle the question of the advisability of re- 

 establishing iron-works in Kumaon. E. D. 



Note on the raw materials for Iron-smelting in the Ranee- 



gunge field. Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. vii. pt. 5, pp. 20-30. 



See also Suppl. Gazette of India, Aug. 22, pp. 1474-81. 

 Some analyses of the Raneegunge coal are given ; and a comparison 

 of it is made with English coals. A short account of the iron-ore beds 

 of the district is given ; and then follows a discussion of the question 



