De Ranee — On the Albian, or Gault of Folkestone. 171 



The following Table exhibits a summary of the species common 

 to the Upper and Lower divisions of the Albian or Gault, of those 

 peculiar to each, and of those also which mark the zone of Ammonites 

 Beudantii, or the " passage-bed " between the Upper and Lower 

 Albian. A list of all the species, with their ranges, will, I believe, 

 be printed in the Survey Memoir on Sheet III. 



Plants : 



Fucoids and wood 



FORAMINIFERA , 



EADIA.TA : 



Zoophyta 



Echinodermata , 



Annelida , 



Crustacea : 



Cirripedia 



T> J ( Macrura 



iJecapoda { -n 7 



^ { Brachyura 



MOLLUSCA : 



Brachiopoda 



a. Monomyaria 



b. Dy my aria 



Gasteropoda 



Cephalopoda : 



a. Ammonitid(B 



b. Nautilidce 



c. Belemnitidce 



Pisces 



Reptilia 





20 





'oS 



oS 



82 



13 



P.S. — The species found in the true Gault or Albian of Black Yen, Dorset, are those 

 of the Lower Division. 



Coal in New Zealand. — On the suggestion of Dr. Hector, 

 Captain Hutton, F.G.S., has been making a survey of the Lower 

 Waikato district of the North Island. He reports that there is no 

 probability of finding a payable alluvial gold-field of any extent, 

 but that the district has other deposits of value. The Tertiary 

 formation contains '' brown coal," having the appearance of cannel 

 coal, lustrous and pitch black in colour, with brown film in places. 

 It is a hydrous coal, still containing a certain per-centage of water, 

 but it is found to answer well in the steamers on the Waikato. It 

 burns with a bright, clear flame, throwing out an intense heat. 

 Captain Hutton estimates the coal bed to contain 140,000,000 tons 

 of coal. The whole can be worked without pumping or any 

 mechanical means for raising it to the surface, and therefore it can 

 be supplied at a light cost. 



