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AUSTRALASIA. 



Australia continued. 



Mount Hope. South Atistralm. 1911 continued. 



feet (20.0 meters) from a she-oak tree to soutli, and 

 r)0..'5 fret (16.9 meters) from another to southwe.st. 

 True bearings: left edge of hill slope, 6 miles (10 kilo- 

 meters), 143 54'.1; near corner of shed built of stone 

 and iron, 205 23'.2. 



Moiwt Mnqrui, Western Australia, 1912. Three stations, 

 designated .4, B. and C, were occupied. A is about 

 three-fourths mile (1.2 kilometers) east of railway, at 

 edge of village, in open space outside recreation 

 grounds, and in line with south fence, and 139.5 feet 

 (42.52 meters) east of southeast corner; marked by 

 jarrah peg. True bearings: center of water-supply 

 tank, 71 1S'.4 ; southeast corner of recreation grounds, 

 89 52'.8; Mount Magnet trigonometric station, 138 

 46'. 7. B is on IMount Magnet, about 3 miles (5 kilo- 

 meters) northwest of A, and about 5 feet (1.5 meters) 

 southeast of trigonometric station. C is on Mount 

 Magnet, 132 feet (40.2 meters) south of B in line to 

 chimney of Morning Star mine, the true bearing of 

 which is 1 06'.6. Three auxiliary stations, desig- 

 nated D, E, and F, were also occupied. D is about 

 two-thirds down the moimt, a little to east of line to 

 Morning Star mine; E is under face of hill at its foot, 

 beyond end of rifle range, from which isolated peak 

 bears 282 26'.6; F is 275 paces from E in direction of 

 isolated peak. 



Mount Pleasant, Federal Territory, 1913. Near top of hill 

 occupied by Royal Military College Observatory, 181 

 feet (55.2 meters) northeast of nearest corner of en- 

 trance porch of observatory; marked by hardwood 

 peg projecting above surface of ground. True bear- 

 ings: Mount Pleasant Observatory, 46 05'.4; Mount 

 Stromlo Observatorj', S miles (13 kilometers), 81 

 35'.5; Canbera church spire, 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers), 

 125 01'.4; trigonometric station on Mount Ainslee, 

 2 miles (3 kilometers), 179 15'.3; right edge of right 

 chimney of officers' quarters at Roval Military Col- 

 lege, one-half mile (0.8 kilometer), 285 41'.3. 



Mount Satnuel, Nnrthern Territory, 1912. Near Mount 

 Samuel, about 50 yards (46 meters) west of telegraph 

 line. 



Mount Stromlo, Federal Territory, 1913. Near Federal 

 Observatory, just below top of hill and 156 feet (47.6 

 meters) northwest of northwest window of observa- 

 tory; marked by hardwood peg set flush with ground. 

 True bearings: trigonometric station on high moun- 

 tain, 8 miles (13 kilometers), 41 17'.0; Canbera church 

 steeple, 7 miles (11 kilometers), 255 16'.4; Mount 

 Pleasant Observatory, 8 niiles (13 kilometers), 262 

 00'. 2; center of northwest window of observatory, 

 316 Or.7. Auxiliary stations 1 and 2 were occupied 

 28 paces 262.0 west of south, and 17 paces 82.0 west 

 of south, from main station, respectively. 



Murray Bridge, South Australia, 1911. Near center of 

 football field owned by town council, on "Telegraph 

 Road" just beyond road which branches off near 

 field, 213 feet (64.9 meters) from west goal post, 234 

 feet (71.3 meters) from gate to northwest, 231 feet 

 (70.4 meters) from nearest veranda post of small shed 

 or pavilion to west, and 232 feet (70.7 meters) from 

 gate southeast. True bearings: right edge of small 

 pavilion, 86 27'.4; bottom cross on front of small new 

 church, one-third mile (0.5 kilometer), 182 4r.9; left 

 edge of left support of large water-sujiplv tanks, one- 

 fourth mile (0.4 kilometer), 247 26'.2. Dip observa- 

 tions were made at secondary station .50.7 feet (15.45 

 meters) south of main station. 



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 Australia continued. 



Musgrave, Queensland, 1913. On ant-bed flat northwest 

 of telegraph-station inclosure, in large paddock be- 

 tween station and yard creek, and 290.5 feet (88.54 

 meters) from northwest corner of killing yards; 

 marked by hole in top of hardwood stake sunk just 

 below ground. True bearings: northeast corner of 

 station inclosure, 520 feet (158 meters), 290 22'.8; 

 leftmost veranda post of telegraph station building, 

 500 feet (152 meters), 297 51'.7; northwest corner of 

 station inclosure, 370 feet (113 meters), 298 36'.2; 

 near gable end of near wing of station building, 500 

 feet (152 meters), 301 02'.2; near gable end of far 

 wing of station building, 500 feet (152 meters), 303 

 57'.2; northwest corner of killing yards, 329 56'.8. 



Nnnvoora, Soiith Australia, 1911. On rise north of station 

 house and west of main road, 53 paces southwest of 

 hut and one-fourth mile (0.4 kilometer) from tank and 

 windmill, the pipe of which is in true bearing 2.58 

 52'.7. 



Narrabri, New Soxdh Wales, 1913. On hill called by Survey 

 Office "Beelera" and known locally as Little Moun- 

 tain, about 2 miles (3 kilometers) northeast from 

 township, in quarry reserve No. 14529, 204 feet (62.2 

 meters) distant from the Survey Department's astro- 

 nomical station. True bearings: center of circular 

 ventilator in near end of W. H. Short & Co.'s Excelsior 

 Flour Mill, 2 miles (3 Idlometers), 50 01'.3; tower of 

 town hall, 2.5 miles (4 kilometers), 60 47'.6; astro- 

 nomical station, 238 49'.0. 



Narrandera, Neio South Wales, 1913. In quarry reserve 

 north of railway station, 398 feet (121.3 meters) north- 

 northeast of trigonometric station, and about same di.s- 

 tance north-northeast of water tower. True bearings : 

 bottom of trigonometric pole, 38 06'.0; Cudgello trigo- 

 nometric station, 8 miles (13 kilometers), 1.50 01'. 8. 



Narrogin, Western Australia, 1912. About one-half mile 

 northwest of railway station, in showgrounds, in the 

 line of row of young pine trees, 77.5 feet (23.63 meters) 

 west of east fence and 239 feet (72.8 meters) from 

 survey post at southeast corner of grounds; marked 

 by jarrah peg sunk 2 inches below ground. True 

 bearings: cross on Roman Catholic church, 25'. 7; 

 flagstaff on near gable end of large shed, 151 41'. 1 . 

 survey post at southeast corner of grounds, 342 38'.6. 



Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, 1912. In stockyard 

 south of railway station, 31.5 feet (9.60 meters) 

 northeast of lone gutta-percha tree in line tovA-ard sta- 

 tion quarters, 377 feet (114.9 meters) southwest of 

 telephone post nearest station house, and 266 feet 

 (81.1 meters) southeast of left gatepost at northwest 

 corner of stockyard; marked by wooden peg set just 

 below surface. True bearings; right support of meat 

 gallows at top, 95 26'.5; left gatepost at northwest 

 corner of stockyard, 151 Ol'.l; right gatepost on 

 south side of yard, 304 09'.6. Declination was 

 observed also at a secondary station about 165 feet 

 (50 meters) north 72 east of main station. 



Normanlon, Queensland, 1912. On spur of rise about 

 three-fourths mile (1.2 kilometers) southeast of town 

 and about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) south of wharf at 

 foot of Lansborough Street; marked by jarrah peg pro- 

 jecting slightly above ground. True bearings: cross 

 on left end of Catholic church, three-fourths mile (1.2 

 kilometers), 75 38'. 4; ornament on left gable end of 

 Methodist church, one-half mile (0.8 kilometer), 94 

 20'.1; flagstaff on Hely's Hotel, tlii'ee fourths mile 

 (1.2 kilometers), 108 53'.2; center of ventilator on top 

 of Divisional Board's Hall, three-fourths mile (1.2 

 kilometers), 127 06'.9; flagstaff over Bums Philp & 



