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PART II.— PAL/EONTOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE COAL- 
AND PLANT-BEARING BEDS. 
In the preceding pages the Stratigraphical Relations of the Coal- and Plant- 
hearing Beds were described according to the works of various authors and 
observers. Now the fossils occurring in these beds will be described in 
systematic order. 
At first a general tabular view is given, to illustrate in a concise 
manner the systematic arrangement of the fossils, their stratigraphical distri- 
bution, and their occurrence in the various Provinces, according to the 
geological horizons. 
The first great column is for Mesozoic; here are, under sub-column 
New South Wales, included the Clarence River beds and Wianamatta- 
Ilawkesbury Series. In order, however, to distinguish in which of these the 
occurrence of the respective fossil is to be indicated, there are to the sign + 
added Cl., for Clarence River beds ; W., Wianamatta Shales ; II., Ilawkcs- 
bury rocks. 
The second great column is entitled Permo-Carboniferous. This 
includes all the beds which fall, with regard to the sequence in New South 
Wales, between the Lower Carboniferous (Smith’s Creek, Stroud ; or Bobun- 
tungen, &c.) and the Hawkesbury rocks, in which case the Newcastle 
beds and tlieir equivalents represent the Permian, and the lower ones Upper 
and Middle Carboniferous. In order, however, to distinguish whether the 
respective fossils come from the Newcastle beds (or their equivalents), or 
from the lower beds, I have added to the sign -fa P. in the former, and a C. 
in the latter case. 
The third great column represents the Lower Carboniferous of Victoria, 
New South Wales, and Queensland. The fourth or last- comprises the 
Devonian of the three named provinces. The three last columns are com- 
prised under the general heading Palaeozoic, and the first is simply designated 
Mesozoic, without any further subdivision. 
