XI 
j_/ETTER^ OF 
T PxANSMITTAL. 
Geological Survey Branch, 
Department of Mines and Agriculture, 
Sydney, 25th January, 1898. 
Sir, 
I have the iionour to submit for puhlication Memoir No. 6 of the 
Talcaontologiccd Series of the Geologieal Survey of New South Wales, 
viz.. Descriptions of the Dalaeozoic Fossils of N.S. Wales, by the late Professor 
L. G. de Koninck, M.D., of the University of Liege. 
The publication of this work, in Prench, was completed in 1877, but 
the necessity for an English translation has long been felt. Some years ago 
the translation was undertaken hy Professor and Mrs. T. "W. E. David ; but 
after completing that portion relating to tlie Carhoniferous and Permo- 
Carhoniferous fossils, they were prevented, by the many calls upon their 
time, from proceeding further with the task. The puhlication was therefore 
delayed until, at my suggestion, Mr. W. S. Dun, Assistant Palaeontologist to 
the Geological Survey of N.S.W., undertook to translate tlie balance of the 
text. 
The advantage of having a translation of this important Memoir made 
by a skilled Palaeontologist is too obvious to need comment ; and the thanks 
of the Department are due to Mr. Dun, as well as to Professor and Mrs. 
David, for the time and care devoted to it. 
I have the honour to be. 
Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
EDWAPvD E. PUrTMAN, A.B.S.M., 
Government Geologist. 
The Under Secretary for Mines and Agriculture. 
