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  JENKINS 
  JAY 
  AN 
  FOSSILS. 
  47 
  

  

  dinger 
  * 
  stating 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  despatched 
  two 
  cases 
  of 
  fossils 
  to 
  Vienna, 
  

   and 
  recommending 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  notice 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Homes 
  ; 
  but, 
  until 
  after 
  

   the 
  completion 
  of 
  that 
  palaeontologist's 
  great 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  fossils 
  of 
  

   the 
  Vienna 
  Basin, 
  we 
  can 
  scarcely 
  hope 
  to 
  see 
  a 
  description 
  by 
  him 
  

   of 
  these 
  Eastern 
  specimens. 
  Later 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  Dr. 
  Hochstetter 
  

   communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Geological 
  Institute 
  of 
  Vienna 
  a 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  

   explorations 
  of 
  the 
  Mining 
  Engineers 
  of 
  the 
  Dutch 
  East 
  Indies 
  t, 
  in 
  

   which 
  he 
  makes 
  some 
  interesting 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  Java 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  Islands 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  The 
  fourteenth 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Zeitschrift 
  der 
  Deutschen 
  geolo- 
  

   gischen 
  Gesellschaft 
  ' 
  contains 
  four 
  contributions 
  from 
  Herr 
  von 
  

   Eichthofen, 
  two 
  of 
  which 
  X 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  Tertiary 
  rocks 
  of 
  Java 
  and 
  

   other 
  Eastern 
  Islands, 
  and 
  the 
  others 
  § 
  to 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  neighbour- 
  

   ing 
  districts. 
  Herr 
  von 
  Eichthofen 
  comes 
  to 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  con- 
  

   clusion, 
  from 
  personal 
  observation, 
  as 
  that 
  arrived 
  at 
  by 
  me 
  from 
  a 
  

   consideration 
  of 
  the 
  fossils 
  about 
  to 
  be 
  described 
  ; 
  but 
  these 
  conclu- 
  

   sions 
  and 
  the 
  remarks 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Hochstetter 
  will 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  this 
  paper. 
  

  

  In 
  London 
  there 
  are 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  collections 
  of 
  specimens 
  from 
  

   Java 
  : 
  — 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  collected 
  by 
  Madame 
  Pfeiffer, 
  and 
  

   consisting 
  principally 
  of 
  fossil 
  Shells 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  rocks 
  and 
  fossils 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  by 
  Jonathan 
  Eigg, 
  Esq., 
  and 
  presented 
  to 
  this 
  Society 
  more 
  

   than 
  twenty 
  years 
  ago 
  ; 
  and, 
  lastly, 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  fossils 
  recently 
  

   sent 
  over 
  by 
  M. 
  Corn, 
  de 
  Groot, 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  Geological 
  

   Society, 
  and 
  which 
  has 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  this 
  communication. 
  

  

  The 
  fossils 
  contained 
  in 
  Madame 
  Pfeiffers 
  collection 
  are 
  so 
  entirely 
  

   different 
  from 
  those 
  sent 
  by 
  M. 
  de 
  Groot, 
  that 
  it 
  is, 
  perhaps, 
  better, 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  prevent 
  confusion, 
  to 
  reserve 
  the 
  consideration 
  of 
  them 
  

   for 
  another 
  paper. 
  Mr. 
  Eigg's 
  collection 
  was 
  evidently 
  intended 
  to 
  

   illustrate 
  a 
  short 
  paper 
  by 
  him 
  "On 
  the 
  Geology 
  of 
  Jasinga," 
  published 
  

   atBatavia 
  in 
  1838, 
  and 
  it 
  consequently 
  refers 
  to 
  an 
  entirely 
  different 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  Island, 
  besides 
  being 
  a 
  very 
  heterogeneous 
  assemblage 
  of 
  

   boulders, 
  volcanic 
  rocks, 
  and 
  fossils 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  age 
  ; 
  it 
  also 
  

   contains 
  little 
  or 
  nothing 
  in 
  common 
  with 
  the 
  fossils 
  under 
  con- 
  

   sideration. 
  Still, 
  a 
  more 
  careful 
  examination 
  of 
  this 
  collection 
  than 
  

   has 
  yet 
  been 
  made 
  will 
  probably 
  result 
  in 
  our 
  obtaining 
  some 
  further 
  

   information 
  respecting 
  the 
  Tertiary 
  Formation 
  of 
  Java. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  interesting 
  paper 
  by 
  M. 
  J. 
  Hardie, 
  referring 
  more 
  parti- 
  

   cularly 
  to 
  the 
  Jasinga 
  district, 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  fourth 
  volume 
  of 
  

   the 
  ' 
  Bulletin 
  de 
  la 
  Societe 
  Geologique 
  de 
  France' 
  (pp. 
  218 
  et 
  seq.); 
  

   it 
  was 
  accompanied 
  by 
  an 
  illustrative 
  collection, 
  which 
  was 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  that 
  Society, 
  and 
  would, 
  doubtless, 
  materially 
  assist 
  in 
  

   elucidating 
  the 
  geological 
  structure 
  of 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Island. 
  

  

  * 
  Jahrbuch 
  derk.-k. 
  geol. 
  Reichsanstalt, 
  9 
  Jahrgang. 
  1858, 
  Verhandl. 
  p. 
  102. 
  

  

  t 
  " 
  Nachrickten 
  iiber 
  die 
  Wirksamkeit 
  der 
  Ingenieure 
  fur 
  das 
  Bergwesen 
  in 
  

   Nederlandsch-Indien," 
  ibid. 
  9 
  Jahrgang. 
  p. 
  277. 
  

  

  X 
  "Bericht 
  iiber 
  einen 
  Ausflug 
  in 
  Java," 
  op. 
  cit. 
  p. 
  327; 
  and 
  " 
  Ueber 
  das 
  

   Vorkommen 
  von 
  Nummulitenformation 
  auf 
  Japan 
  und 
  den 
  Philippinen,' 
  

   ibid. 
  p. 
  357. 
  

  

  § 
  Letter 
  to 
  Herrn 
  G-. 
  Rose, 
  ibid. 
  p. 
  247 
  ; 
  and 
  " 
  Bemerkungen 
  iiber 
  Siam 
  und 
  

   die 
  hinterindische 
  Halbinsel," 
  ibid. 
  p. 
  361. 
  

  

  