THE 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OE LONDON, 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



March 13, 1850. 



Henry Hussey Vivian, Esq., and Henry Smith, Esq., C.E., were 

 elected Fellows. 



The following communications were read : — 



1 . On the Metamorphic and Metalliferous Rocks o/Eastern 

 Nova Scotia. By J. W. Dawson, Esq. 



[Communicated by the President.] 



In those parts of Nova Scotia lying eastward of the Shubenacadie 

 River, and northward of Mines Basin and Channel, about half of 

 the surface is occupied by carboniferous beds, whose arrangement 

 has been noticed in various papers communicated to this Society*. 

 The remainder, with the exception of a few small patches of new red 

 sandstone and unaltered Silurian strata, consists of metamorphic 

 rocks, for the most part older than the carboniferous system. These 

 metamorphic rocks may, by evidence derived from mineral characters, 

 geographical distribution, and associated fossiliferous beds, be divided 



* Proceed. Geol. Soc. vol. iii. p. 711 (Mr. Logan) ; voL iv. p. 124 (the Presi- 

 dent's Address) ; p. 184 (Sir C. Lyell) ; p. 186 with map (Dr. Gesner). Quart. 

 Journ. GeoL Soc. vol. i. p. 26 with map (Mr. Dawson) ; p. 322 with map (Mr. 

 Dawson) ; p. 393 (Sir C. Lyell) ; vol. ii. p. 133, organic remains (Mr. Dawson 

 and Mr. C. Bunbury) ; vol. iv. p. 50 with map (Mr. Dawson) ; voL v. p. 129 

 (Dr. Gesner). 



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