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etter of Transmittal 
Geological Survey Branch, 
Department of Mines and Agriculture, 
Sydney, 22nd August, 1905. 
Sir, 
I have the honor to submit for publication Monograph No. 14 
(Palaeontology Series) on the Foraminifera of the Fermo- Carboniferous 
Limestones of New South Wales, by Mr. Frederick Chapman, A.L.S., 
F.R.M.S., of the National Museum, Melbourne, and Mr. Walter Howchin, 
F.G.S., Lecturer in Geology at the Adelaide University. 
At the time this work was originally undertaken, Mr. Chapman, who 
is regarded as one of the greatest living authorities on Foraminifera, occupied a 
position in connection with the Royal School of Mines, London ; but it is a 
matter for congratulation to Australian geologists that he has since accepted 
an appointment in the National Museum, Melbourne. Mr. Howchin has 
devoted a considerable amount of time to the study of Australian Foraminifera, 
and for this reason he was asked to collaborate with Mr. Chapman. The 
Department has been extremely fortunate in obtaining the services of two 
such able specialists. 
I have the honor to be, 
Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
EDWARD F. PITTMAN, 
Government Geologist. 
The Honorable S. W. Moore, M.P., 
Minister for Mines anu Agriculture. 
