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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



Dharwar, Hubli, Guddaok, the Dhambal goldfield, 24 Vij ayana- 

 gar, (Humpi), and Bellary. 



The field season of 1872-73 was considerably trenched 

 upon by the author's proceeding to Vienna in charge of 

 the large collections of minerals and fossils shown by 

 the Geological Survey of India in the great exhibition 

 there. Great difficulty was met with in procuring any 

 space for exhibiting these, but eventually, by the assistance of 

 Colonel Michael, c.s.i., the first Commissioner for India, some 

 room was made for the geological collections. Great interest 

 was taken in all the exhibits, and a Diploma of Honor, the 

 highest possible award, was given to Dr. Oldham, the Super- 

 intendent of the Geological Survey. The author availed him- 

 self of the opportunity of exhibiting a very interesting 

 collection of South Indian stone implements of all types 

 found by himself. It was greatly admired and several offers 

 of purchase were made. Eventually the author presented it 

 to the Indian Museum, where it is now presumed to be. 



Mr. King's notes on the lower Vindhyan or Karnul rocks 

 in the Bhima basin were embodied in the author's Memoir on 

 the Geology of the South Mahratta country, vol. xii. — 

 Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. 



Prior to taking up the Bhima basin and its environs 

 Mr. King had been working in the southern parts of the 

 Nizam's territory, in the Kummummett and Hanamconda 

 Districts, his immediate results appearing in two papers in the 

 Eecords of the Geological Survey of India, vol. v, 1872, 25 



24 The Dhambal or Kappatgode goldfield was surveyed and the results 

 published in a paper in the Eecords of the Geological Survey of India, vol. 

 viii, 1874, with a map. The author has since then added much to his practical 

 experience of gold reefs, and has studied and prospected in company with 

 practical miners. The experience thus gained confirms him in the poor 

 estimate he formed of the Dhambal goldfield. 



25 Under the titles of (1) Notes on a traverse of parts of the Kummummett 

 and Hanamconda Districts, in the Nizam's dominions ; (2) Notes on a new 

 coalfield in the south-eastern part of the Hyderabad (Deccan) territory. 



