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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. I., No.. 

 7. July, 1886.— From the Department. 



Description and Illustration of Myoporinous Plants of Australia. By 

 Baron F. Von Mueller, K.C.M.G. — From the Government. 



Geological Magazine, September, 1886. 



Imperial Federation, October 1.— From the Editor. 



List of Foreign Correspondents of the Smithsonian Institution, July 



1, 1885, by George H. Boehmer. 



List of Institutions in the United States receiving Publications of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. — From the Department. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society of England. Vols. 38 to 40. Nos. 

 238 to 244.— From the Society. 



Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, second 

 series, vol. 1, pt. the third. — From the Society. 



Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria, or figures and descriptions of 

 the living species of all classes of the Victorian Indigenous Animals, 

 Decade XIII, by F. McCoy, F.R.S. — From the Government. 



Report of the Meteorology of India in 1884. By. H. Blandford, 

 F.R.C. — From the Department. 



Report of the Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum, and 

 Art Gallery of South Australia, with the reports of the Standing Com- 

 mittee for 1885-6. — From the Department. 



Statistics of the Colony of New Zealand for 1885, part III. Trade 

 and Interchange, part IV. Finance, Accumulation, and Production, part 

 V. Law, Crime, and Education. — From the Department. 



Transactions of the Seismological Society of Japan. Vol. IX., pts. 1, 



2, 1886.— From the Society. 



Victorian Naturalist. Vol. 3. Nos. 6. 7. — From the Society. 



PAPERS. 



MOUNT LYELL AND THE LINDA GOLDFIELDS. 



Mr. R. M. Johnston read a very interesting and exhaustive paper on 

 the recent discoveries at Mount Lyell and Mount Owen. The paper 

 dealt with the subject from a, geological point of view, and was 

 accompanied by a detailed analysis prepared by Mr. Ward, Government 

 analyst. It also dealt with the theories of gold veins, and their mode of 

 occurrence. 



Mr. C. P. Spkbnt said that he had not visited the district, but hoped 

 to do so some day. From reading the accounts in the newspapers, Mr. 

 Thureau's report, and also from information from Mr. David Jones, the 

 district surveyor there, he had come to the conclusion that the deposits 

 at Mount Lyell were very similar to the deposits at Mount Bischoff, 

 although the associated minerals varied. He had not the slightest doubt 

 that the description of Mr. Johnston of the formation and origin of the 

 Mount Lyell deposits was correct. Many prospectors had been writing 

 to him from the West Coast about the different iron blows there, and he 

 knew that about half a dozen parties had gone to see some that were not 

 generally known, so that probably more would soon be heard of them. 

 The Government had decided to cut a track from Mount Lyell by 

 Mount Ramsay, which would open up a most interesting country which 

 hitherto he believed had not been traversed by over half a dozen men. 



Mr. T. Stephens read the following extract from a letter received by 

 him from Professor Liversidge on the gold deposits of Mount Lyell : — > 

 " The gold seems to be associated with a micaceous schist (but it is in 

 such a fine powder that it is difficult to determine this), a little quartz, 

 and much oxide of iron, some of which is certainly present as micaceous 

 red haematite. Most of the mineral passes through a No. 80 sieve with- 

 out any crushing being required. On crushing it in an agate mortar, all 



