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to a Report on the Agricultural capability of New Brunswick, which 

 he drew up during his recent stay in America, and which was brought 

 out under the auspices of the local legislature. Not having yet seen 

 that map, I am not aware to what extent, in the execution of the 

 same plan, we have independently followed the same details ; from 

 the circumstances under which it was constructed, I presume it can 

 give only a general outline of the distribution of soils in so large a 

 district. That maps of the surface-geology of these Islands would 

 be of great utility, must be obvious to every one who combines agri- 

 cultural with geological knowledge, and who is aware of the extent 

 to which our country is covered by the superficial deposits, whether 

 we call them drifts, erratic tertiaries, or by any other name. Whatever 

 may be the present fate of such maps, it may be safely predicted, 

 that another generation will not pass away without seeing the con- 

 struction of them firmly established as a recognised part of agricul- 

 tural practice, and sedulously cultivated as an important branch of 

 geological research. 



4. On the Limestone Quarry of Linksfield, Elgin, N.B. 

 By Captain R. T. W. L. Brickenden, F.G.S. 



[This paper was withdrawn by the author with the permission of the Council.] 



December 4, 1850. 



William Bennison, Esq., Thomas Rowlandson, Esq., and Henry 

 William Taylor, Esq., were elected Fellows. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. On the Geology of the Upper Punjaub and Peshatjr. By 

 Major Vicary. 



[Communicated by Sir R. L Murchison, V.P.G.S.] 



Introductory Remarks by Sir B. I. Murchison.- — In communi- 

 cating the enclosed letter from Major Vicary to myself, I beg to ob- 

 serve that he obtained his knowledge in an arduous campaign, which 

 led the British forces into regions ordinarily inaccessible to geologists. 



Independently of the description of an extensive range of those 

 younger tertiary deposits in the Sewalik hills, with the contents of 

 which we have been made acquainted through the letters of our asso- 

 ciates Falconer and Cautley, Major Vicary now calls our attention to 

 palaeozoic fossils derived from the mountains which separate British 

 India from Cabul. It appears that Dr. Falconer had previously 

 obtained possession of fossils establishing this point, and I would now 

 state that when I last visited Edinburgh, the Rev. Dr. Fleming showed 

 me Producti and Spiriferi collected by his son Dr. A. Fleming, of 

 the Company's Service, in the vicinity of the salt range at Musakhail 



