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author's classification of the Carboniferous of Nova Scotia is summar- 

 ized in the following table : 



Formations 



f Cape John 

 Neo- i Pictou 



Carboniferous -{ Smelt Brook 

 I Small's Brook 

 I New Glasgow 



Stellarton 

 Meso- Westville 



Carboniferous i Hopewell 

 ^ Windsor 



Eo- ( Union 



Carboniferous ) Riversdale 



Northern areas Southern areas Order 



f Cape John Sandstones - - XII 

 I Pictou Freestones XI 



j Smelt Brook shales - - X 

 I Spirorbis limestones - - IX 



| N. Glasgow conglomerates - VIII 

 (. Coal Measures ... VII 



Unconformity 

 Millstone grit 



I 



Millstone grit VI 

 Un conf orm i ty (?) V 

 Hopewell and ) IV 

 Windsor \ III 



Unconformity 



II 



Union 

 Riversdale 



T. C. C. 



Transactions of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, Vol. 

 VI. Edited by A. S. Kenyon, Sec, Melbourne, 1900; pp. 

 247. 



The following papers make up. the contents : 



On Safety Appliances and Precautions Necessary in Mines. By 

 J. R. Godfrey (with 17 figures). 



Contacts. By W. H. Ferguson. 



Some Notes on Dry Crushing. By N. F. White (with 10 figures). 



Contouring on Mining Properties with the Aid of the Tachometer. 

 By H. P. Seale (with 10 figures). 



Diamond Mines and Alluvial Deposits, South Africa. By P. R. 

 Day. 



The Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and its Use in Metallurgy. By 

 W. H. Mawdsley (with 10 figures). 



Mine Stores. By F. Danvers Power. 



The Use of Electricity in Mining. By E. F. J. Holcombe Hewlett 

 (with 1 figure). 



