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group. A list of some of the principal fossils obtained from these brown limestones was 
given above (p. 12). It has also been ascertained that the Khirthar group rests uncon- 
formably, in places at least, on the Ranikot group, the unconformity being clearly seen at 
Hothian pass, ten miles south of Ranikot. This unconformity explains the absence of the 
fossiliferous brown limestones, which are the highest known members of the group, at 
Ranikot itself, 
Basalt, precisely similar to that seen at the base of the Ranikot section, has been traced 
in several places along the range north of Ranikot, and proves to be a lava flow 30 to 40 feet 
in thickness, distinctly interstratified with the sedimentary beds of the Ranikot group. A 
second flow has been found at a lower horizon. The bed containing Cardita Beaumonti is 
inferior to the upper basaltic stratum. 
Beneath the shales and sandstones exposed at Ranikot, and below the Cardita Beau- 
monti bed, there is a great thickness of brown, reddish, and white sandstones and conglome¬ 
rates and some dark-coloured gritty limestone, and at the base of these beds white limestones 
appear, in which no nummulites have been detected and which may prove cretaceous. Unfor¬ 
tunately, the south of Sehwan aud Lakki Range, in which the sections are exposed, is difficult 
of access. It is hoped that a fuller account of these interesting beds may be given 
hereafter. 
DONATIONS TO MUSEUM. 
October 1875.—Specimen of gold (wg. 39 grs.) from Katanga mines, Central Africa, 
received from Zanzibar. Presented by Government of India. 
December 1875.—A piece of the meteorite, which fell at Jhang in the Punjab, (wg. 2 lbs. 
7 oz. 272 grs.) Presented by A. Brandreth, Esq., Commissioner, Mooltan 
Division. 
ACCESSIONS TO LIBRARY. 
From 1st October to 31st December 1875. 
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Baily, Wm. IIellier. —Figures of characteristic British fossils, with descriptive remarks, 
Vol. I, pt. 4, 1875, 8vo., London. 
Croll, James. —Climate and Time, 1875, 8vo., London. 
Frazer, P.—Tables for the determination of Minerals, 1875, 8vo., Philadelphia. 
Geikie, Alex.— Life of Sir Roderick Murchison, Bart., Vols. I—II, 1875, Svo., London. 
G QMiELius, Otto.— Om Glaciala Bildningar, No. 1, 1874, 8vo., Stockholm. 
The Author. 
Hayden, F. V.—'Catalogue of the Publications of the United States Geological Survey of 
the Territories, 1874, Svo., Washington. 
The Author. 
Hummel, David. —Om Rullstens Bildningar, 1874, 8vo., Stockholm. 
The Author. 
Karsten. —Lehrbuch der Salinenkunde, Vols. I—II, Svo., and Atlas, folio, 1875, Niirnberg. 
Macpherson, J.—Bosquejo Geologico de la Provincia de Cadiz, 1872, Svo., Cadiz. 
Phillips, John. —Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire, pt. I. The Yorkshire Coast, 
3rd Edit., 1875, 4to., London. 
Schimper, W.—Traite de Paloontologie Vegetale, Vol. II, pt, 2, and Vol. Ill, and Atlas, 
fol. 1870-72 and 1874, 8vo., Paris. 
