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^ tested by the Locomotive Loreman on the Central liailway. With 
^ cwt., or about 29 lb. j)er mile, the engine ran 286 miles, 
, average load behind the tender of 108 tons. The coal is described as “ light,” 
Its steaming qualities ajs “ good.” 
jj From Dinner Creek, near Stanwell, Mr. James Smith has forwarded to me 
®trat^^°^'* specimens of Olossopiaris, &c.,* which appear to indicate that in this locality 
Upper Series occur. Seams of coal have been met with in this 
this f unaltered, and not much disturbed sandstones and shales of 
clearly distinct from the highly inclined, and considerably altered, 
1 1 erous rocks (G-ympie Beds) of Stony Creek, Stanwell, and also from the 
®ozoic Beds of Stewart’s Creek, Stanwell. “ 
t[Qjj . its organic remains, lithological character, and position, I have no hesita- 
Fast Upper Bowen Formation as the equivalent of the “ Tomago, 
(bar (productive coal measures), 5,700 feet thick; Dempsey Series 
ttieaa*^^ icshwatcr beds), 2,000 feet thick; and Newcastle Series (productive coal 
abo ut 1,150 feet thick,” of New South 'Wales.t 
be wr,t.i apparently three distinct species of Glossopteris and a Pecopteris. This material has still 
, {R.E. Junr.) 
■P'-oc . of the Goal Fields of New South Wales, hy T. W. Edgeworth Uavid, B.A., F.G.S. 
• ^uur. Assoc. Adv. Science, 1890, ii., p. 464. 
J. 
