152 GEOLOGY. 



ments of Dinornis-oggs, pieces of "fire-sticks," &c. The history of 

 the cave appears to have been : — 1. Partial filling with marine sands, 

 containing driftwood, blocks of stone, &c. ; 2. After partial exclusion 

 of the sea the old Moa-hunters used it as a cooking-place, giving rise 

 to the accumulation of the ash- and dirt-beds ; 3. After the retreat of 

 the sea the agglomerate was accumulated, and the cave was also 

 occasionally inhabited; 4. A more regular occupancy by the Moa- 

 hunters when the " dirt-bed " was formed, containing bones, polished- 

 stone implements, and other articles; 5. A long period of non- 

 habitation ; 6. Formation of shell-bed without Moa-bones, but with 

 thin beds of ashes, denoting occasional occupancy, the upper portion 

 of the shell-bed being perhaps referable to the forefathers of the 

 present Maori tribe. Dr. Haast concludes that the extinction of the 

 gigantic birds of New Zealand is thrown back for a considerable space 

 of time. R. E., Jun. 



Hann, W. Narrative of an Exploring Expedition in Northern 

 Queensland, Australia. Proc. Boy. Geogr. Soc. xviii. pp. 87-107. 



Geological information is scattered throughout. Between the 

 Walsh river and the Mitchell a fossiliferous limestone was met with, 

 like that of the Flinders and Barcoo rivers of W. and S. Queensland. 

 The upward course of the Mitchell was followed for some distance, 

 and a range of hills discovered, pronounced by Mr. N". Taylor, Geologist 

 to the Expedition, to be Carboniferous, in somewhere about lat. 16° 16' 

 59" S. Gold was found on the Palmer river about twenty-nine 

 miles north of the Mitchell ; and the auriferous indications were found 

 to exist for some distance up the steam. B. E., Jun. 



Hector, Dr. J. Beport on Samples of Stone from the Tokatea Tun- 

 nel. Trans. N. Zealand Inst. vi. jjp. 402-404. 



' . Beports and Evidence on the Coal-Fields of New Zealand. 



Appendix to the Journal of the House of Bepresentatives. In 

 continuation of previous Beports. 



. President's Anniversary Address to the Wellington Philoso- 

 phical Society, 1873. Trans. N. Zealand Inst. vi. pp. 367- 

 376. 

 Treats of glacier-action in New Zealand, of Moa-deposits, of the 

 origin of the fauna, and of Pleistocene changes. 



HowoETH, H. H. Becent Changes in the Southern Circumpolar 



Begion. Journ. Boy. Geogr. Soc. xliv. pp. 252-262. 

 Befers to the writings of various authors respecting the gradual 

 elevation of the coasts of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. 



Hftton, Capt. F. W. Table of the Sedimentary Bocks of New 

 Zealand. Geol. Mag. dec. 2, vol. i. p. 515. 



Gives the succession of formations, noting their probable ages as 

 compared with European classifications. The characteristic fossils of 

 each formation are mentioned. Contemporaneous eruptive rocks occur 



