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to be a voleanic neck occurs there, but no diamonds have as yet 
been found in the volcanic breccia. The examination of the 
_ Triassic artesian basin was continued. In company with Prof. 
David, several examinations were made of portions of the southern 
coalfields. The presence of mud springs and Lower Cretaceous 
rocks at Coolibah was noted. A considerable portion of Mr. 
Pittman’s time was also taken up in connection with the work of 
the Royal Commission (of which he was a member), on the heating 
of coal cargoes. 
Mr. J. E. Carne, Geological Surveyor, examined the country 
between Port Macquarie and Cape Hawke, and added Triassic to 
the formations formerly mapped in that district. During the 
greater part of the year Mr. Carne was engaged in an examination 
of the country along the Victorian border. He has added con- 
siderably to our knowledge of those parts, and has succeeded in 
obtaining paleontological evidence to prove that both the Lower 
Silurian and Devonian series occur there, a fact that was not 
known before. He has also made a long report on the Pambula 
goldfield, where there is a large development of felsites, in some 
places nodular, and rhyolites. 
Mr. J. B. Jaquet, Geological Surveyor, made many examina- 
tions of mines, and reports of great economic value. In the 
Kosciusko region he was unable to discover any traces of glacial 
action. 
Under the active supervision of Mr. Card, Mineralogist and 
Curator of the Geological and Mining Museum, great progress 
has been made in the arrangement, etc. of the Departmental 
Museum, which contains a unique collection of the colony's 
minerals, rocks, and fossils. 
Large collections of Upper Silurian and Siluro-Devonian fossils 
from the Yass-Murrumbidgee districts have been made. These 
contain much new and valuable material, and have been worked 
at by Mr. W. 8. Dun, Librarian and Assistant Paleontologist of 
the Survey. 
