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7. AUSTRALASIA. 



Anon. Coal in Gipps Land. Coll. Guard, vol. xxvii. p. 570. 

 Note of the discovery and working of a 2-foot seam at Kilcunda. 



. [? Dr. Hector.] Colonial Museum and Geological Survey of 



New Zealand. Ninth Ann. Hep. on the Museum and Laboratory. 



Under " Falceontology " (p. 5) a few new geological conclusions are 

 noticed. Many analyses are given under " Laboratory'." (See jjost.) 



. The Mineral Wealth of Queensland. Coll. Guard, vol. xxvii. 



p. 757. 



Sketch of tlie mineral resources, especially as regards iron. 



. The Geology in Silver's ' Handbook for Australia and New 



Zealand,' pp. 21-28. 8vo. Lend. 



Mining Prospects in Australia; and Mining in Australia. 



Iron, vol. iii. pp. 262, 616. 



The Gold and Tin of Australia ; and Gold Mining in Vic- 



toria. Iron, vol. iii. p. 556, and vol. iv. p. 203. 



BoNwicK, J. The Mineral Resources of Australia. Iron, vols, iii., iv. 

 pp. 67, 98, 101, 163, 227, 258, 291, 421, 514, 546. 



A series of articles : — Iron in Queensland ; Iron in W. Australia ; 

 Copper in Queensland ; Peak-Downs Copper Mine ; Tasmanian Tin ; 

 Iron in S. Australia ; N. Coal-fields of Tasmania ; S. Coal-fields of 

 Tasmania ; Mineral Resources of Australia, Tin ; Coal in Victoria. 



R. E., Ju». 



Crawford, J. C. Port Nicholson an Ancient Freshwater Lake. 

 Trans. N. Zealand Inst. vi. pp. 290-294. 



The land in this part was probably never more than about 15 

 feet lower than now ; but during the depression of the Tertiaries it 

 was raised 5000 to 6000 feet, when the islands of N.Zealand were perhaps 

 united. Many facts lead to the conclusion that Port Nicholson was a 

 lake. Borings show remains of land vegetation at a considerable 

 depth. The entrance to the harbour is such as to forbid the idea that 

 it was caused by the ebb and flow of the tide ; but it can be accounted 

 for on the above supposition, at the same time possessing an outlet 

 in Evans Bay. If the entrance were closed, Port Nicholson would 

 revert to its supposed former state. The formation of the lake is ascribed 

 to a glacier, which once filled the vaUey of the Hutt. R. E., Jun. 



DoBsoN, A. D. Notes on the Glacial Period. Trans. N. Zealand 

 Inst. vi. pp. 294-297. 



The last, greatest glacial extension arose from elevation, whilst sub- 

 sidence caused the termination of the glacial period, in the Province 

 of Nelson. At the end of the Pliocene period the Middle Island 

 was represented ])y a group of islands, the sea standing at an elevation 

 of 2000 feet higher than now. The gravel-drifts, which cover a 



