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P^ANSMTTTAL. 
Geological SuiToy ]lraucli, 
Department of Mines and Agricnltnre, 
Sydney, I t Angnst, 1895. 
Sir, 
I have the hononr to submit for jmhlication Ifemoir Xo. 9 of the 
Pahvontolofjlcal Series of the Gef)logical Survey of New South IVales. on the 
Fossil Fishes of the Taihragar Fish Jieds, J^arisli of Jlligh, Connty of Itligh, 
hy i^^r. Artliiir Smith IVoodward, P.G.S., of the Geological Department of 
the British ]\tnsenm. 
iMr. Arthur Lowe, of Wilhertree, was the tlrst to discover these 
interesting Pish Beds, and he cominunieated his discovery to ]\lr. C. S. 
AVilkinson, P.G.S., the late Government Geologist, who thereupon instructed 
Mr. Cidlen, the fossil collector, to proceed to the locality. A large collection 
of fossil tish and plants, together with the remains of one insect, was thus 
obtained. The fish were despatched to the British Museum, Mr. A. S. AVoo;l- 
ward, of that Institution, having generously undertaken to describe them. 
The thanks of the Department are due to Mr. M^oodward for the time and 
lahour he has devoted to this valuable work. 
The manuscript of the Memoir reached me early in the present year, 
and I then learned that Mr. MModward regarded the fossil fish as jirohahly of 
Jurassic age. Xo rocks of this age had previously been recognised in New 
South AVales, and as no definite conclusions had lieen arrived at as to tin' 
stratigraphical relations of the Talhragar Pish Beds, prior to the receipt of 
Mr. M^oodward’s Memoir, I decided to stay the publication of the latter until 
I had had an opportunity of making a geological examination of the 
surrounding countrv. 
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