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Jfaar Klip (thread -rock) — 

 ' Orocidolite ' or asbestos. 



Hardibank — 



A term used by diamond miners for a hard compact variety of ' blue-ground 

 very resistant to weathering. 



Ijzer Kli^) (ironstone) — 



Applied most commonly to igneous rocks such as dolcrite and diabase. 



Kalksteen — ■ 

 Limestone. 



Klip— 



A stone, or rock. 



Olifant's Klip (elephant's hide rock) — 



Name given to the Dolomite formation owing to its mode of weathering. 



On-Klip or Oude-Klip (old rock) — 



A secondary limonitic surface-deposit, a kind of latcrite. 



Turf- 



A heavy black clayey soil or loam, very common in low-lying areas, overlying 

 basic igneous rocks. 



Vuursteen Klip (firestone rock)— 



Quartz, chert, flint, or very fine-grained quartzito. 



Yellow Ground — 



A term used by diamond miners for weathered, decomposed, or o.\idised ' blue 

 ground ' in the diamond pipes. 



Investvjation of tJie Fossiiiferous Drift I)eiio><its at Kirmlncjlon, Lincoln- 

 shire, and at various localities hi the East Biding of Yorlshire. — 

 Interim Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. G. W. Lamplugh 

 (Chairman), Mr. J. W. Stather (Secretary), Dr. Tempest Ander- 

 son, Professor J. W. Carr, Rev. AV. Lower Carter, Dr. A. R. 

 Dwerryhouse, Mr. F. W. Harmer, Mr. J. H. Hoavarth, Rev. 

 W. Johnson, Professor P. F. Kendall, and Messrs. G. W. B. 

 Macturk, E. T. Newton, H. M. Platxauer, Clement Reid, and 

 Thomas Sheppard. (Bravm up by the Secretary.) 



It was the intention of the Committee to have completed the work at 

 Bielsbeck during the present summer, but owing to the field being under 

 corn-crop further excavation was impracticable till after the harvest. No 

 results therefore can be obtained before the date of the meeting, but the 

 work will be carried on immediately after the coming harvest, and it is 

 hoped that the final report of the Committee will be in readiness before 

 the next meeting. 



The Committee ask for reappointment and for power to expend the 

 balance of the grant. 



