This report summerises the kinds, sources, and handlers or processors of asbestos in Australia, 1944.

The first part of this report deals with the second phase of the geophysical test work carried out in connection with the investigations into the water seepage problems at Leeton on the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area. The original test work was carried out by Mr. J.M. Rayner, then of the New South Wales Mines Department, following a request by the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission. The work described herein may be considered as an extension of that done by Mr. Rayner and it will be assumed that the reader has access to his reports. The second part of this report deals with geophysical test work on a sandhill area at Narrandera where it is proposed to establish citrus farms using spray irrigation.

The Wilks Creek wolfram mine is situated in the parish of Steavenson, county of Anglesey in central Victoria. It is approximately 4 miles south from the small town of Marysville, a popular tourist resort, and 61 miles by road northeast from Melbourne. Underground and surface mapping was carried out on the 23rd and 24th November, 1943, with compass, tape and Abney level. This report comprises an overview of production history, general geology, economic geology and ore reserves.

Palaeontological notes on four rock samples from the Northern Territory.

The majority of the foraminiferal species in the samples submitted have been found in the drill cuttings from the Artesian Bores around Bourke and Mungindi in northern New South Wales and the tests are in the same condition of preservation. The species recognised in these samples are listed in this report.

No. 1 Bore, Arcadia is situated in the parish of Arcadia, county of Westgrove, 85 miles north of Roma and 40 miles north-north-east of Injune, the nearest rail town. Drilling operations extended from 1936 to 1939. The Arcadia bore it the second deep bore in Queensland (the first being Hutton Creek bore) from which a comprehensive series of samples has been examined for their micro-faunal content. This examination was carried out on 1,256 samples consisting of drill cuttings taken over every five feet and of cores taken at numerous depths below 4,112 feet.

In 1935 Mr. F. Blake of the Geological Survey of Tasmania visited Cape Barren Island in connection with the underground water supply at Franklin Village which is situated on Sanford Bay in the northwest part of the island. He collected a small sample of fossiliferous limestone which he forwarded to the late Mr. F. Chapman who was then Commonwealth Palaeontologist. No examination of the material was made at the time. Recently it came under the notice of the writer who has made a detailed microscopic examination of it. The results of the examination are recorded in this report.

A report on the Lake Cargellico magnesite deposit following a visit on 30th May, 1944.

Results of a microscopic examination of cores from bores Nos. 153, 155, 169, and 171, parish of Maryvale, Nos. 99, 103, and 109, parish of Loy Yang and No. 31, parish of Hazelwood.

This sample of bryozoal marl from Montagu, Tasmania, was collected by Mr. F. Canavan. It contains a faunal assemblage typical of the Balcombian Stage of the Middle Miocene as found in Victoria and can be referred to Longford substage of the Balcombian.