PREFACE. 
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Mr. (now the Hon.) A. C. Gregory, C.M.G., J?.E.G.S., formerly Surveyor- 
General, whoso explorations had already added so much to our knowledge of the interior 
of Australia, held the appointment of Geologist for the Southern District from 1875 
to 1879. During this period he issued the following Eeports (all in fcp.) : — 
(1.) On the Geology of Part of the Districts of Wide Bay and Burnett, 19th August, 
1876. (Legislative Assembly Paper.) 
(2.) On the Coal Deposits of the West Moreton and Darling Downs Districts, 8th 
March, 1876. (Council and Assembly Paper.) 
(3.) On the Burrum Coal Mines, 9th November, 1878. (By Authority.) 
(4.) Geological Features of the South-Eastern Districts of the Colony of Queensland, 
16th September, 1879. (Legislative Assembly Paper.) With reference to this 
Report, a “ Geological Map of Moreton and Darling Downs,” on the scale of 
eight miles to an inch, was published by the Government in 1879. 
(5.) On the Search for Coal between Dalby and Roma, 10th September, 1879. 
(Legislative Assembly Paper.) 
In addition to the above, Mr. Gregory, when Surveyor- General, made a Eej^ort 
“ On the Mineral Discoveries on the Head of the Severn River and its Tributaries,” 
dated 29th April, 1872. (Council and Assembly Paper.) 
After an experience of ten years on the Geological Survey of Scotland, I was 
appointed Geologist for Northern Queensland on 29th March, 1876, and arrived in 
the Colony in 1877. On Mr. Gregory’s retirement the Geological Survey of the 
whole Colony was placed under my charge. In 1883, Mr. William II. Rands, 
A.R.8.M., E.G.S., and on 6th December, 1888, Mr. Andrew Gibb Alaitland, I'.G.S., 
who had been trained in England for the Geological Survey, were appointed Assistant 
Geologists. These gentlemen and myself at present form the Field Staff of the Geological 
Survey. Wo have published the following Reports : — 
(1.) On the Geology and Mineral Resources of the District between Charters Towers 
Gold Field and the Coast, Idth May, 1878 (1879). R.L.J.* Fcp. (C. A. Paper). 
With tw’o Geological Maps. 
(2.) Geological Features of Part of the Coa.st Range between the Dalrymple and 
Charters Towers Roads, 7th June, 1878 (1879). K.L.J. Fcp. (C. A. Paper). 
(3.) Preliminary Report on the Bowen River Coal Field, 18th July, 1878 (1879). 
R.L.J. Fcp. (C. A. Paper). With a Geological Sketch Map. 
(4.) On the Bowen River Coal Field, 23rd November, 1878 (1879). R.L.J. Fcp. (C. A. 
Paper). With a Geological Sketch Map. 
(5.) On the Normanby and Marengo Gold Fields, 16th May, 1879. E.L.J. Fcp. 
(C. A. Paper). With two Geological Maps. 
(6.) On the Progress of the Search for Coal in the Cook District, 19th June, 1879. 
R.L.J. Fcp. (C. A. Paper). 
(7.) Second Report on the Progress of the Search for Coal in the Cook District, 12th 
August, 1879. R.L.J. Fcp. (C. A. Paper). 
(8.) Explorations in Capo York Peninsula, 1879-80 (1881). R.L.J. Fop. (C. A. Paper). 
(9.) Further Reports on the Progress of the Gold Prospecting Expedition in Cape 
York Peninsula, 16th February, 1880 ; and Report on the Wild River Tin Mines, 
27th October, 1880 (1881). R.L.J. Fcp. (C.A. Paper). With a Geological 
Map. 
* Robert L. Jack. 
