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CONTENTS.

SECTION III.

Geology and Mineralogy.

Page. Introduction - .... - 51 General Physical and Geological Aspect of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land - - - -65 First Epoch : — Composition, Extent - - - - - 71 Mineralogical Description of Crystalline Bocks - 74 - Sedimentary Bocks - 80 General Bemarks - - - - - 83 Second Epoch : — Composition, Extent, Order of Superposition, Locality, and Organic Remains - • - 86 Mineralogical Description of Crystalline Bocks - 97 - Sedimentary Bocks - 117 General Bemarks - - - - - 119 Third Epoch: — Composition, Extent, and Locality -. - - 122 Newcastle Basin - - - - - 123 South Esk Basin - - - - - 126 Jerusalem Basin - - - - - ib. Mineralogical Description of Mineral Masses arranged under the Third Epoch • - - - 130 Fourth Epoch : — Composition, Extent - - - - 142 Loose Mineral Substances - - - ib Elevated Beaches - - - - - 143 Osseous Breccias - - - - - 144 Debris accumulated in Valleys - - 145 Conclusion - - - - - -149

SECTION IV.

Climatology.

Introduction - - - - - - 159 Atmospheric Winds and Currents - - - 161 Atmospheric Pressure - .- - - - 177 Bain - - - - - - - 189 Evaporation - - - - - -194 Solar Heat, and Diaphaneity of the Atmosphere - 200