Excerpt from A Preliminary Report on the Geology of New Brunswick: Together With a Special Report on the Distribution of the "Quebec Group" In the Province I have the honor to present A preliminary Report on the Geology of New Brunswick, including a Special Report (chapters VIII. IX.) on the probable distribution of the Quebec Group within its limits, accord ing to instructions which I had the honor to receive from His Excellency the Administrator of the Government on the 9th July 1864. With a view to avoid unnecessary recapitulation, I have so arranged the Reports, that the description of the Quebec Group' occupy their proper places in a general outline of the Geology of the Province. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.