part 1 .] Annual Report for 1873 . -8 
Birbhum, Raneegunj, Ilazaribagli, &c. Mr. Bauerman’s report will bo submitted to the 
Secretary of State. 
Mr. Racket has carried bis lines and divisions from the adjoining districts of Jabalpur 
and Bijiragoogurh into Rewah. Avery large part of this area is covered by the Jabalpur 
formation. It is seen typically in the north-west of the area, but is extended by 
Mr. Hacket considerably to the south of Bandognrh. The Bandogurh sandstones are 
themselves 1,000 feet thick. How far this apparent extension of the formation can bo proved 
to be the fact must be seen from the adjoining country when it comes to bo examined. 
In the present season Mr. Hacket has been sent to work out the details of the more 
recent deposits of the Narbada valley in connection with the Satpura basin, which 
Mr. Medlicott is examining at the same time. 
Previously to his departure on leave, Mr. Feddon had extended to the south Ins 
examination of the rocks of the Nizam's territories adjoining Chanda, tracing out the 
existence of a group of rocks under the great Deccan trap to west of Sirpur, containing 
remains of Palmozamia, thus establishing their relations with the upper jurassic rocks of 
Kutch and the Rajmalml bods of Bengal, and giving another clue towards unravelling the 
connection of the so-called Jabalpur beds of the Narbada valley with the others. The full 
extent of these rocks remains to he worked out. 
In the Punjab, at tho opening of the year, Mr. Wynne and Dr. Waagen were 
engaged in tho detailed examination of the Salt-range and adjoining country. This has 
enabled the mapping of the whole of that range to he completed, while a remarkably interest¬ 
ing and extensive series of fossils has been obtained, which have as yet been only partially 
examined, but which, when fully investigated, promise to open up some very important and 
intricate results. One of these discoveries I will notice again. At the close of the working 
season, Dr. Waagen returned to Calcutta and took up tho detailed examination of the 
Cephalopoda from Ivutch, our previous collection of which had received very extensive additions 
from the labours of Dr. F. Stoliezka. This group will form one of the most important, 
contributions to the Cephalopoda fauna of the upper jurassic formations (from the Titho- 
nien to Callovien) ever published. The extent of this group alone, without any of the other 
classes of MollusOft, may bo estimated from tho fact that their illustration will require about 
GO large quarto plates. The MSS. of the descriptions havo been nearly all completed, and 
great progress has been made in the preparation of the plates. But it was with much regret 
that we wore obliged to suspend the work,—only temporarily, I hope,—in consequence of tho 
serious illness of Dr. Waagen, who had commenced it, and whose wide and accurate 
acquaintance with the Cephalopoda rendered his descriptions highly valuable. I sincerely trust 
that a few months and a better climate may restore Dr. Waagen to the enjoyment of full 
health, and enable aim to resume and complete his history of this most interesting fauna. 
Towards the close of the year, Mr. Wynne had resumed his examination of tho 
Punjab rocks, but was necessarily diverted for a time to enable him to aid in procuring 
and forwarding a complete collection of tho salts and rocks of the Salt-range and its salt 
mines, to be sent to the Vienna Exhibition. Having accomplished this, ho resumed tho 
detailed examination of the country north of tho Salt-range. A brief but careful description 
and sections of tho well known hill of Sirban, close to Abbottabud, has been published during 
the year—a result of the joint labours of Dr. Waagen and Mr. Wynne. This has 
been given Without delay, both because the hill is close to a well known station, and so 
accessible to those who desire to examine its structure, hut also because this structure hail 
been entirely misrepresented; while it would at the same time form a typical illustration 
of what might be looked for in other similar areas. 
