PREFACE. 
The Board appointed in March, 1901, by the Hon. the Minister of Mines, 
to draw up a scheme for the re-organization of the Geological Branch of the 
Mines Department, suggested among its other recommendations that efforts 
should be made to issue its publications in a more systematic form than had 
previously been adopted. The Board recommended that the jDublications 
should be issued as serial Records, including papers of general geological 
interest; as Special Reports dealing with subjects which require immediate 
attention, and less frequent subsequent reference; and as Monographs con¬ 
taining detailed researches on various branches of Victorian geology. 
In accordance with this recommendation the Hon. the Minister of Mines 
has decided on the publication of the “ Records of the Geological Survey of 
Victoria,” which begin with this part. Having been tenqporarily appointed 
Director of the Geological Survey, it has fallen to my lot to edit this 
number. Most of the material had been collected by Mr. H. Herman, 
B.C.E., F.G.S., during his service as Acting Government Geologist during 
1900 and 1901. I am much indebted to Mr. Herman for his assistance in 
passing the number through the press. 
The terms Eocene, Miocene, and Pliocene are accepted in accordance with 
their conventional use in Victoria ; and their provisional retention by the 
Survey does not imply agreement with the correlation adopted by the authors 
of the various reports. 
J. W. GREGORY. 
29th May, 1902. 
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