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ON THE TERTIARY DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA. 81 
Discussion. 
CuarrMan said the paper was particularly eeorong ve 
things 
ae 
him, and the discussion of the subject pi ee 
his remembrance. He was born on the tert iary ack ation af 
East Anglia, and had lived for years in the tertiary district of 
ough 
had one other remark to make respecting the co oasts of Aust ralia. 
e great banks of tertiary ss a along the Australian Bight 
overlie granite. In his “Notes on the Geology of Western 
Australia ” (see Geological Mevaiins: <0) iii, p.503 and p. 551), 
will be fo statement mad by the late Captain 
Stanl N., respecting « th of water off th ight 
amounting to nearly four miles, which in his “ Notes’’ he shows 
to be ol le. This might o, even if elevation has since 
ake ac ween Cape Howe and Ca ork no marine 
schon ok New Guinea. Along ‘the cast coast thee 4 sso neke 
n be 
explained, in accordance with the Barrier Reef th ae of Darwin 
Probabl this has been the case in earlier zis tertiary times. 
with the district between Sydney and the elevated area the 
lue Mountains at the back of 'th, and e ih teh on the 
Blu 
coast, an us notwithstanding elevations, there have been 
8 ences. 
W. Scorr moved a vote of thanks to Rev. Mr. 
oods. This was the first time they had had a paper read by an 
Sobtirary member. 
The enesie was carried unanimously, te na Chairman con- 
veyed the es 3 of the Society to Mr. 
Re oops, in reply, “expressed the pleasure ¥ felt in 
havin ving ‘ang part in the investigations of this Society. refer- 
ence to Mr. Clarke’s statement as to the belemnites cstnty 
they were —— fossils. It was said that no such interpenetra- 
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