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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1656, 7 April 1866, Page 2

At a recent meeting of the Astronomical Society, Mr. De La Rue, the president, stated | that his hopes with regard to the use of photography in astronomical observations had been confirmed, and that the Lunar Committee of the British Association had resolved to make use of photographs to prepare an accurate outline map of the moon. Sections of these photographs are to he distributed among observers, who will occupy themselves with filling in the details of the several parts of the lunar surface. A series of zones being agreed on, each observer will have a zone assigned to him, at which he will be expected to work whenever it may be visible. Amateur astronomers, willing tb take part in this good work, should make known their willingness to the Secretary of the Astronomical Society.

Mr, Gerard Krcft, of the Australian Museum, Sydney, records the discovery of a number of interesting bone-cave fossils from the caverns of Tasmania. The portion* of the breccia examined by him contained the following fossils The second molar tooth of the right half of the upper jaw of a species of Thylacine, and also the third molar of the gime portion of the jaw, and four fragments of canine teeth, probably of the same genus; twelve molar and pre-molar teeth of a species of Sarcophiltis, and portions of the upper and lower jaws and skull of the same; the right half of the lower jaw of the species of Dasyurus; portions of the lower jaw of a species of Perameles.