Har he angrage a natized te br the "sitor to the Queensland Court I atte Klibits and be tatisties of the colony, to ieerde. Se teensland Lurra Tilmeicina as een 'arried out with the view o Carseter Fal Taturna Frazers the DIONY. De physical character i JANA, Kuld strain; he was geologai ormations of the country, and beneath th Poles ↑ mn tomations resented Ten pecimen cases. Corr 4 tevoted mireirozeation he colony roma geologica, poizi + Cartografia mining stora grtenturat mu ther ndustries, and over each Evisor - anier ra: rmation.* No Zek mưa về a serion of the Marr over, somatterworth of the township of Maryborough. T ank how the thickness of the aluvium wich or smitivation is concerned, we nexhaustible, So, 3-Aiso a view of a Queensland zver, showing a lense grown of scrub on the one side, mù men irs tm the other. No, k—A view of Maryvale Creek, lat. 19-30 porta. On the banks of this creek the older ulur of the santry are other extensively developed, and in them the remains of extinct marsupiais abound.. SUZÌ 28 Bernens tangarcos, the extinct dyprotodion, ér. No. L-This is a characteristic view of mining for rud in the lep Luvial inits. Here the niners av et wangin the allurium the depth of which varies from 50 to 120 feet. Handsome returns of godt i midd at the latter feprà. Such deep sinking, however, is rather rare in Queensland, as nearly all the altE A.. is found in shallow trifte, rarely exceeding 20 feet in depth. No. 6.—This may be taken as a fairly representative view of the coast country in Queensland. The all deposits are generally very extensive, and the country orcarily fat from the absolute coast ine z ne fst inland range. No. 7-Another view of Maryvale Creek, presenting the same characteristics as Photograph S. 4 bones of some of the extinct animals are shown in the immediate foreground. No. 8.—Here is depicted a rough method of sluicing the beds of creeks for the extraction 'n gnu à mountainous parts of the colony, Д * Most of these photographs wore taken by Mr. R. Daintree whilst travelling in Queensland, by airy maze, the gum resin of one of the Australian Eucalypti was used as the "preservative" mixture; they were uturvams may 1 1 intotype process, and coloured in oil. No. 9.-This Photograph shows another method of working the beds of creeks for the extraction of alluvial gold. In the foreground are shown the operations of the well-known Californian pumps, as employed in throwing out the water from ordinary alluvial claims. No. 10 is intended to illustrate the style of building adopted at a new "rush" on the gold fields. Here, in the first instance, bark stripped from the Eucalypti, the common tree of the country, is made to serve all kinds of building purposes, so far as the exterior of the habitations are concerned. At a later date, if the promising character of the diggings warrants a more permanent settlement, comfortable buildings of wood and stone are substituted. No. 11 represents ordinary alluvial mining in Queensland. In the foreground the puddling tub employed in soaking the auriferous drift (if of a clayey character), and the cradle for finally extracting the gold from the concentrated débris will be observed. The table cases ranged under the above photographic views contain the variety of soils found in various alluvial districts in Queensland. Here, also, are specimens of the products, comprising cassava, arrowroot, taro, sweet potato, flour, maizena, silk cocoons, wheat, maize, barley, tobacco, &c. The larger cases on the table contain samples of the soils with analyses attached, and there is one case entirely devoted to the fossils found in the older alluvia. The annexed table of analyses of characteristic alluvial soils from various districts in Queensland is a summary of the contents of the alluvial soils exhibited in the table cases. They were mostly chosen by the Director of the Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, as characteristic of large areas in the various districts from which they were taken. TABLES of ANALYSIS of ALLUVIAL SOILS from various AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS, on the East Coast of QUEENSLAND. 1. Best scrub soil 5.995 0.152 0.051 0.057 0.029 0.007 0.050 0.011 3.610 10-741 0.43° 11-641 0.343 7.797 0:21+ 6.359 02 5.022 0.27 4.825 0-3 3.284 068 1.751 0.82 0.109 0.072 2.634 0.041 0.006 4.687 012 4.482 No. 1 is an alluvial scrub soil from "Yellowwood" plantation on the Albert River in the Moreton Dist. of Queensland, and was selected as a typical sample of the best scrub land in that district. No. 2 is an "alluvial soil" considered of second quality from the same plantatation. No. 3 is marked "best forest soil," also from "Yellowwood." No. 4 is from the "Morafield Plantation." Caboolture lat. 25° 30', long. 152° 28', the estate of Mess Raff & Co., one of the earliest formed sugar plantations in Queensland. It may be considered a characters sample of scrub soil on the Caboolture River. No 5 is from "Iindah Plantation" Maryborough, the estate of Messrs. Ramsay Brothers, lat. 25. long. 150° 41'. It was selected as a characteristic "scrub soil" from the banks of the Mary River, along ** |