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elaciers are described as having existed at one time in what is now 
the Strait of Georgia, and in Queen Charlotte Sound. These were 
described by Dr. Dawson in the Geological Society’s Journals for 
1878 and 1881. 
Appendix I. of the report contains Triassic and Cretaceous fossils 
described by Mr. J. F. Whiteaves; the former are enumerated 
above, the latter are as follows:—Aucella Piochit, Gabb, Yoldia 
arata, Whiteaves, Astarte Packardi, White, Opis Vancouverensis, 
Whiteaves, Pleuromya levigata, Whiteaves, Placenticeras occidentale, 
n. sp., Scaphites Quatsinoensis, Whiteaves. 
Appendix II. is a list of plants obtained on Vancouver Island and 
adjacent coasts in 1885 by Professor Macoun. Appendix IIL. is a 
record of meteorological observations taken on the coast of British 
~ Columbia, June to October, 1885. 
This excellent report is illustrated with a geological map of 
Vancouver Island and the adjacent coasts on a scale of eight miles 
to an inch. 
Mr. R. G. McConnell supplies a report “On the Geological 
Structure of a portion of the Rocky Mountains, accompanied by a 
section measured near the 51st Parallel,” in the vicinity of the 
passes followed by the Canadian Pacific Railway. 
The following formations were met with, and are represented in 
the coloured sections accompanying the report, viz. 
M ; 
an BE Cretaceous ... ... ... Kootanie Group to Benton. 
Paleozoic | Carboniferous passing . 
29,050 ft. down into Devons a } Wyeast alley ie steam (secs 
Devonian ... ... ... Intermediate Limestone. 
Salta] ape cemelesteeea Halysites Beds. 
Graptolitic Shales. Upper part of Castle 
Mountain Group. 
Lower part of Castle Mountain Group. 
Bow River Group. 
Cambro-Silurian ... 
Cambrian 
The rocks here enumerated are exposed along the Bow and Wapta 
Valleys, from Banff westward to Golden City on the Columbia. 
Some new names (Banff limestone series, Intermediate limestone, 
Halysites beds, Graptolitic shales, and Castle Mountain Group) 
are introduced, because some of the groups could not be correlated 
exactly with rocks found in the southern part of the range as 
described in the various United States reports. It may be mentioned 
that the Graptolites of the “ Graptolitic shales” were submitted 
to Professor Lapworth for identification. The following species 
were recognized : —Didymograptus, n. sp., allied to D. enodus, Lapw., 
Glossograptus ciliatus, Emmons, G. spinulosus, Hall, sp., Cryptograptus 
tricornis, Carr. sp., Diplograptus angustifolius, Hall, D. rugosus, 
Emmons, Climacograptus celatus, Lapw., with doubtful species of 
Phyllograptus, etc. 
Concerning these fossils, Professor Lapworth observes :—‘“ The 
fact that these Graptolites have been obtained from the distant 
