6 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 
in the Japan Court, a fine collection of the seeds of plants empleo 
in that country for agricultural and culinary purposes. This cok 
lection has been secured by me, and their merits will be tested 
during the ensuing season. 7 
I would now speak of what has been done in more scientific 
matters:—At the Congress of geologists, held at Paris last 
year, Professor Liversidge was appointed Vice-President for 
Australasia. On that occasion certain propositions were agreed L 
to, bearing on important geological matters to be discussed in 
the various countries of which there were representatives pre 
sent, and the result of these discussions to be reported to % — 
meeting of geologists to be held at Bologna in 1881.  Professot 
Liversidge, as convener for Australia, endeavoured to arrange for 
a meeting of geologists in Sydney during the late International 
Exhibition, to discuss these propositions, but failed, as it was 
found impossible for the geologists of each colony to meet together 
at that time. Under the auspices of the Paris Congress 4 | 
to the geological and mineralogical collections was published. Me 
Zeiller contributed the notes on the geological collections from 
New South Wales, sent by the Department of Mines. 
Zeiller, judging from the plant fossils, affirms the mesoz0it | 
age of our coal-beds, notwithstanding the occurrence of Glossop 
teris and Phyllotheca in the carboniferous beds, as exhibited ¥ 
specimen 96, which he supposes came from the upper coal measure 4 
but Mr. Wilkinson, F.G.S., our Geological Surveyor, 1 informs ‘a 
that he himself obtained this specimen from the Anvil . 
mentary Formations,” which valuable work was specially decal ated 
to this congress of geologists ; also, in the magnificent couS” 
Other specimens of Glossopteris from the Greta pit were Sn0™ 
which were obtained by the late Mr. Clarke. From this evident 
it is somewhat surprising that M. Zeiller should have called 
question the paleozoic age of the Glossopteris and Phyllothec™ — 
