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occurrences and their sections. The other portion of the volume 

 consists of reports on an Inland "Waterway from Cape May to Bay 

 Head, by H. B. Kiimmel, with estimates by Vermeule and Haupt. 

 Detailed maps are also given. 



6, Ceylon. 



Ceylon, a Handbook por the Resident and the Traveller. By 



J. C. "Willis. 8vo ; pp. 246, map, and many illustrations. Colombo, 



Colombo Apothecaries' Co. ; London, Dulau & Co., 1907. 



This book provides information on the Geology, Geography, Climate, 



Zoology, Botany, Forests, and Irrigation, besides the History, People, 



and Archseology of the Island. The scientific matter is sketchy, and the 



zoology needs expansion. Several pages are filled with notes on the 



mineral products, and among the illustrations is an excellent picture 



of a graphite mine taken by Mr. Coomaraswamy. To anyone visiting 



this delightful island the book should be indispensable. 



7. Maryland. 



Maryland Geological Survey : Vol. VI. 8vo. Baltimore : John 



Hopkins Press, 1906. 



This volume deals with the physical features of the State by 

 "W. Bullock Clark and E. B. Matthews, and gives a general summary 

 of the geology under formations, the mineral resources, etc., with 

 special references to economics, rainfall, hydrography, and forestry. 

 Plates are given of the characteristic fossils and maps of the clays and 

 other minerals. Mr. A. N. Johnson gives his fourth report on the 

 highways of Maiyland, with details of road-construction and other 

 matters, as cost and maintenance, of value to local bodies. Mr. E. B. 

 Matthews defines the counties of Maryland, their origin, boundaries, 

 and election districts, and his paper is illustrated by a series of 

 coloured maps. An 8 miles to 1 inch map of the whole State, 

 geologically coloured, is included in an envelope, and on this is 

 also indicated the agricultural soils. 



8. Coral Beefs. — In a paper on " Coral Beefs of the Great 

 Barrier," ^ Queensland, Messrs. C. Hedley and T. G. Taylor remark — 

 "Unhappily for its subject, the controversy upon Coral Eeefs has 

 been mainly conducted in cities distant the world's breadth from the 

 scene of investigation. Data compiled for other purposes are pressed 

 into service, and opportunities of verifying facts are denied to authors. 

 Some who discourse learnedly on coral geology have perhaps never 

 touched a living coral." They then proceed to describe in detail three 

 traverses of the Great Barrier Beef, and give the following summary 

 of zones as typical of East Hope Isle : — 



Feet. 



1 . Living coral rampart 10 



2. Living coral (inner zone) . .*" . . . . 30 



3. Alcyonaria, etc. ....... 300 



Algae {Halimeda, etc.) 600 



Islet — Coral sand beach . . . . . .60 



Tree-clad Island 600 



Beach and coral rock 60 



^ Adelaide Meeting of Australian Association, held January, 1907. 



