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year is as follows : — Dr. Noetling has finished the Miocene fossils of 

 Burmah, a work which has proved that an intimate connection must 

 have existed between the Eocene fauna of Europe and the Miocene 

 of Burmah, a connection which can only be explained by the theor3'^ 

 of a migration of species from west to east, which commenced with 

 the Eocene period and lasted probably up to quite recent times. 

 Dr. Noetling also made a magnificent collection of Permian and 

 Triassic fossils from the Salt Range and from the Tertiary of Sind. 

 Dr. Krafi't made an examination of the Triassic fossils of the 

 Himalayas. These consist for the greater part of Cephalopods, and 

 include representatives of the whole series of the Trias. The chief 

 stratigraphical result to which these palaeontological researches have 

 led is, that the Otoceras beds of the Himalayas do not, as was 

 hitherto believed, correspond to the beds at the base of the lower 

 Ceratite marls and the lower Ceratite sandstones, and very probably 

 include also the lower Ceratite limestone ; while, on the other hand, 

 the upper division of the Lower Trias of the Himalaj'as (' snbrobiistus 

 beds,' Diener) does not correspond to the whole of the Ceratite 

 sandstones, but merely to the two upper divisions of the same, viz. 

 the StacheUa beds and the Flemingites flemingarins beds. Large 

 collections were made by La Touche, Smith, and Walker from the 

 Kumaon Himalayas, and a quantity of Silurian or Devonian fossils 

 were obtained from the Shan Hills, Burmah, by La Touche, Middle- 

 miss, and Dutta. The economics consist of enquiries into the gold 

 of Burmah and of Southern India, and for this purpose Dr. Hatch 

 was specially appointed for one year on March 31st, 1900, Nothing 

 important as regards coal was done last year, but it is noted that 

 sufficient coal is in sight for the requirements of the Jodhpur- 

 Bikanir Railway for a space of 15 years. Mr. Holland has suggested 

 measures to prevent the occurrence of landslips in Darjeeling in the 

 future, and a good deal of attention has been given to the important 

 subject of irrigation. Reports of the progress made with the surveys 

 of Burmah, the Madras Presidency, Central Provinces, Punjab, Hima- 

 layas, Sind, and Baluchistan are included ; and special reports on 

 the auriferous reefs of Wainad, by Hayden ; the auriferous tract of 

 Wuntho, by Stonier ; the Rampui; Coalfield, by Reader ; Sohagpur 

 Coalfield, by Reader; Geology of the Northern Shan States, by 

 La Touche ; Geology of the Mandalay-Kunlon Ferry Railway, by 

 Datta ; Southern Shan States, by Middlemiss ; Ganjam District, 

 by Smith ; Jeypore Zemidari, Vizagapatam, by Walker ; Spiti, by 

 Hayden ; Mesozoic Rocks of Spiti, by Krafi't ; and the relationship 

 between the Productus Limestone and the Ceratite Formation of the 

 Salt Range, by Noetling, complete this very interesting report. 



IX. — Former Extension of Phytic Strata over Arran. (Trans- 

 actions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, vol. viii, pp. 1 and 2.) — 

 Mr. Goodchild contributed a paper dealing with the haematite which 

 occurs in the joints of the basalt on the summit and other elevated 

 parts of Arthur's Seat, and gave reasons for regarding it as due to 

 some cause which, in other parts of the Lothians and Fife, has 

 locally stained the Carboniferous rocks various shades of Indian-red, 



