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paper printed in tlie Society's Journal, in wHcli an undoubted 

 Eocene bed, near Cliislet, was classed with the Crag, on the 

 strength of its fossils, many of which he believed to have been 

 wrongly named. 



It was then pointed out that the Woolwich and Eeading series 

 was known to be transgressive over the underlying Thanet Beds, 

 and it was shown that the Oldhaven Beds were transgressive over 

 both, so that outliers of the last might rest at once on the Chalk ; 

 and from this the author thought that, in the absence of good palse- 

 ontological evidence, the occurrence of the isolated patches of sand 

 on the North Downs, which Mr. Prestwich has classed with the 

 Crag, might be explained by the G-eological structure of the older 

 Tertiaries, although he did not attempt to say that they belonged to 

 that series. Should a more decided opinion be given on their fossils 

 he was quite willing to take Mr. Prestwich' s view. 



The following specimens were exhibited : — Specimens of nine 

 species of Miocene Foraminifera from Malta; presented by Capt. 

 T. A. B. Spratt, E.N., C.B., P.R.S., F.G-,S. Flints from the junction 

 of the Thanet Beds and the Chalk ; exhibited by George Dowker, 

 Esq., F.G.S. 



n. April 11, 1866. — Warington W. Smyth, Esq., President, in the 

 chair. The following commimications were read : — 1. " On the 

 Brown Cannel or Petroleum Coal-seams at Colley Creek, New South 

 Wales." By William Keene, Esq., F.G-.S. 



In this paper, the author described the geological position of the 

 Brown Cannel or Petroleum-coal of CoUey Creek, Liverpool Plains. 

 From an examination of the rocks, he stated that he had been able 

 to determine that this Cannel is below the Coal-seams worked in the 

 Newcastle Coal-field. It appeared to form the very base of the Coal- 

 measures, and to be in such close contact with the Poi-phyries, that 

 these latter seemed mixed up v^dth the lower portion of the Cannel 

 Coal. There are two parallel seams of workable thickness, which are 

 tilted at a high angle, and run north and south. In appearance, the 

 specimens are identical with the Brown Cannels from Hartley, and 

 are but Uttle different from the Boghead coal of Scotland. 



At Scone, near the Kingdon Ponds, a section was noticed, in 

 which the marine fossiliferous bed is proved to overlie the coal- 

 seams, affording, as the author remarks, conclusive testimony as to 

 the high antiquity of the Coal-beds. 



2. "On the Occurrence and Geological Position of Oil-bearing 

 Deposits inNew South Wales." By the Kev. W. B. Clarke, M. A., F.G.S. 



The author first described the oil-producing schists and cannels of 

 New South Wales as they exist at Colley Creek, at the head of the 

 Cordeaux Kiver (Illawarra shales) at various places in the Wol- 

 londiUy and Nattai valleys, at Eeedy Creek (Hartley Cannel), 

 Stoney Creek, and elsewhere; as weU as a substance resembling 

 " Bog-butter," occurring at Boumda, and probably of very recent 

 date. Eespecting the CoUey Creek Cannel, described in the pre- 

 vious paper, Mr. Clark observed that he saw no porphyry near it, 



