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sliale, is more nearly related to that of the Upper Cambrian of North 

 America and North- Western Europe. A. H. F. 



[_Note. — In connection with the Cambrian fauna of China we may 

 refer onr readers to two papers : (1) by Mr. G. C. Crick, " On some 

 Straight-shelled Nautiloidea of Cambro-Silurian age from Shantung," 

 Geol. Mag., 1903, pp. 481-485, PI. XXII and Figs. 1-3; (2) by 

 H. Woodward, " Trilobites from the Upper Cambrian of Shantung," 

 (^EOL. Mag., 1905, pp. 211-215, and pp. 251-255, PI. Xlli, and 

 Figs. 1, 2.— Edit. Geol. Mag.] 



IV. — Geological Survey of India. General Reports (a) for the 

 period April, 1903, to December, 1904; (6) for the year 1905. 

 By T. H, Holland, F.R.S., Director. Records, vol. xxxii, 

 parts 3, 4; vol, xxxiii, parts 1-3. 8vo. (Calcutta, 1905-6.) 



rpHE Director's Reports show the very considerable amount of 

 X work carried on by the Survey under his supervision, and the 

 efficient manner in which it is administered. Much is done in 

 connection with the economic functions of geology as well as in its 

 more strictly scientific sphere. We~^ may refer in the former con- 

 nection to inquiries relating to the occurrence of coal in beds of 

 Tertiary age in the Jammu State (Rec. xxxii, 4), and to the solution 

 of engineering problems, which depend on the nature of local 

 geological formations ; these include questions relating to tunnelling 

 and landslips, the effects of railway cuttings on hill-slopes, and 

 other kindred subjects. Much attention is also bestowed upon 

 economic minerals and water-supply. In the scientific field of 

 investigation additions are made from time to time to that magnificent 

 series of scientific memoirs known as the Palceontologia Iitdica, in 

 which the most skilled observers of whatever nationality take part. 

 Palgeontological contributions of less bulk and importance find 

 a place in the "Records." Among these are the following: "Notes 

 on the Anthracolithic Fauna from the Mouth of the Subansiri Gorge, 

 Assam," and "The Triassic Fauna of the Tropites-Limestone of 

 Byans, Central Himalayas of Kumaon," both by Professor C. Diener, 

 of Vienna. The last-named paper will appear in an extended form 

 in the Palceontologia Indica. Mr. G. E. Pilgrim contributes 

 a paper " On the occurrence of Eleplias antiquus (Namadicus) in the 

 Godavari Alluvium." Both papers are contained in the "Records," 

 xxxii, pt. 3. 



In the General Report by the Director for 1905 we find first 

 a description of the routine work of the museum and laboratory, and 

 then a summary of publications in progress, and other matters 

 coming within the scope of the Survey. Among palEeontological 

 papers is one by Mr. F. R. Cowper Reed on the fossils of Lower 

 Palaeozoic age from the Northern Shan States, with descriptions of 

 the Cystideans by Dr. F. A. Bather, and of the Graptolites by Miss 

 G. L. Elles, D.Sc. Professor C. Diener's services are again in requf st 

 to describe the Triassic fossils collected by Mr. E. Vredenburg in 

 shales occurring in the Pinishin district of Baluchistan. Tlie fotisila 



