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and conglomerate which constitute the basal beds of this formation. 

 The second area, which is also one of the largest in the southern part Distribution of 

 of the province, is well developed along the north shore of the Long 

 Eeach. It is seen about the mouth of the Nerepis and along the line 

 of railroad at that point, and can be traced eastward along the shore 

 as far as Caton's Island, when it is covered by the waters of the River 

 St. John, but reappears again on the south side at the end of Gorham's 

 Bluff. A farther extension of these beds may possibly occur about 

 Tenant's Cove, on the east side of the river. This suggestion was 

 mentioned in the report of 1870-71, when the lithological resemblance 

 of the rocks surrounding the cove to those of the St. John group was 

 noted, but as no fossils have yet been found in this band it has been 

 deemed best to include it in the Oambro-Silurian. Characteristic 

 fossils of this group are found at several points along the Eeach, 

 notably at Caton's Island and near Westfield church, in a small brook. 

 Some of these have been determined by the late Mr. Billings, and 

 descriptions have been published in former reports. Going south and 

 crossing the Kingston peninsula, we find the third and fourth bands 

 on the north and south shores of Kennebecasis Bay. The more north- 

 erly of these occurs in small wedge-shaped basins on the eastern end of 

 Kennebecasis Island, Milkish Head and Long Island, overlaid by 

 Lower Carboniferous sediments and resting upon syenites of supposed 

 Laurentian age. At the south side of the bay these rocks are found at 

 Sand Point and on the shore west of Torryburn station. They here 

 dip towards the crystalline limestones, and their contact is probably 

 marked by a fault. Crossing the ridge of syenitic gneiss of the Lau- 

 rentian, we come to the fifth and most important area. This belt 

 extends from the town of Carleton, west of the St. John River, 

 eastward to and beyond Handford Brook, a distance of over thirty 

 miles, and with a surface breadth, in places, of from three to four 

 miles in its widest portion. It is seen to rest upon the old ridges of 

 the Coldbrook division of the Huronian. Pine sections are afforded at 

 several points, especially at Handford Brook, in the eastern area, 

 which have been given by Prof. Bailey. (See report for 1877-78, pp. 

 18 and 31.) Characteristic fossils of this group may be collected at 

 several places, notably at Handford Brook, Porter's Stream, Ratcliffe's 

 Millstream, and in and around St. John city. 



The sixth and most southerly band of this group is found south of 

 Loch Lomond, between the Black River and Quaco roads. It consists 

 of the usual fbssiliferous black slates, and has a breadth of about 150 

 feet only. Its extension eastward through the Willow Grove settlement 

 is seen overlying the Coastal rocks of Division 4. 



Besides these well recognized belts of Primordial or Cambrian rocks, Rocks °- f 



° ' uncertain age. 



