THE 
QUARTERLY JOURNAL 
OF 
THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 
Vou. XXXYV, 
1. Nores on the Puystcat GroerapHy and Grotogy of Norra 
Gippstanp, Vicror1a. By Atrrep Witiiam Howirr, Esq., 
F.G.S., a Warden of the Gold-fields of Victoria, &c. (Read 
June 21, 1876.) 
IytRopvuction. 
I wave felt some hesitation in placing this paper before the Society, 
but I have been determined to do so by the reflection that it is 
clearly the duty of every working geologist to carry his contribution 
of knowledge to the common stock, however small it may be. I 
have also considered that these notes on North Gippsland may be of 
interest to geologists, not only because the district is little known, 
but also (and more especially) because, as it seems to me, the study of 
its geological structure furnishes the key to that of Victoria as well 
as to a great portion of South-eastern Australia. 
In no part of this colony, nor possibly even of Australia, is there 
any locality where the igneous rocks generally (the crystalline meta- 
morphic schists and their relations to the sedimentary strata, as 
well as to each other) can be studied more advantageously than in 
the district under consideration. 
I may refer briefly to the manner in which the observations have 
been made, the results of which I have recorded. The nature of 
my official duties rendered it impossible that I could carry out any 
detailed survey in the usual manner, excepting perhaps in the 
immediate neighbourhood of my headquarters at Bairnsdale; but I 
found that it might be possible to carry on investigations on a 
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