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Mount, Hopeless Bore, South Australia, 1914. On level 

 ground, 900 feet (27-1 meters) west of out-station, 

 and S9.2 feet (27.19 meters) southwest of wire fence, 

 measured from a point 245.0 feet (74.67 meters) east- 

 southeast from east post of gate at mail-track to 

 [nnamincka; marked by inverted glass bottle buried 

 2 inches (5 cm.) below ground. True bearings: 

 Mount Hopeless trigonometric station, 10 miles (16 

 km.), 20 51'.7; near corner of small yard, 243.2 

 feet (74.13 meters), 38 27'.9; corner post of pad- 

 dock, 1,200 feet (366 meters), 120 45'.4; inside 

 of east gate-post on mail-track, 250 feet (76.2 meters), 

 134 55M; near corner of house, 900 feet (274 meters), 

 272 08'.2; top of windmill. 900 feet (274 meters), 

 274 57'. 9; center of turnstile on east side of creek, 

 350 feet (106.7 meters), 281 36'.3. 



Mount Lyndhwst, South Australia, 1914. On rocky knoll. 

 15 feet (4.6 meters) above road level, 120 feet (37 

 meters) north of mail-track to Innamincka, 392 feet 

 (1 19.5 meters) west of wire fence, and 2 miles (3.2 km.) 

 west of Mount Lyndhurst wool-shed; marked by up- 

 turned bottle buried 2 inches (5 cm.) below ground 

 and covered by cairn of white quartz stones 1 foot 

 (30 cm.) high. True bearings: small scarp on range, 

 5 miles (8 km.), 98 08'. 4; broken bottle glass on top 

 of knoll. 36.2 feet (11.03 meters), 241 27'.4; south- 

 ernmost finial on wool-shed. 2 miles (3.2 km.), 273 

 14'. 0; south side of north gate-post, 392 feet (119.5 

 meters), 284 I7'.4; north side of south gate-post, 

 392 feet (119.5 meters), 285 36'.0; center of small 

 red flint stone on top of knoll, 220 feet (67.1 meters), 

 326 39'. 2; trigonometric station on hill, 4 miles 

 (6.4 km.), 352 17'.4. 



Mount Ruskin, 1918. On highest point of Mount Ruskin, 

 10 feet (3 meters) west of old Trigonometrical Survey 

 pile; marked by concrete circle flush with ground, 

 engraved Geodetic and Magnetic Survey of S. A., with 

 cross arms pointing north-south and east-west, 

 en graved = 38 2' 5S", \= 14057'49".5. True bear- 

 ings: Cape Northumberland Lighthouse, 87 37M; 

 highest point of Mount Schank (south), 120 

 00'.3; highest point of Mount Schank (north) 120 

 59'.4; highest po ; nt of Mount Gambier west of Cen- 

 tennial Tower, 141 10'. 2; Centennial Tower on 

 Mount Gambier, 141 12'.S; gable of Mr. J. Holloway's 

 house, half mile (0.S km.), 235 07'. 3. A meridian 

 mark was fixed 4 chains north of station. 



Mullewa, Western Australia, 1916. Three stations were 

 occupied, about one-fourth mile (0.4 km.) north- 

 east of railway station, in open space between school- 

 house and Dalgety's stock-yards. Station .4 is about 

 190 feet (58 meters) southwest of southwest corner 

 post of stock-yard surrounded by board fence; 

 marked by a wooden tent peg, projecting 2 inches 

 (5 centimeters) above ground. True bearings: wind- 

 mill in Dalgety's stock-yards, 197 08'. 4; southwest 

 corner post of stock-vard, 209 17'.4; east cross on 

 a Catholic building, 314 40'.8. 



Station B is about 540 feet (165 meters) south 

 33 5S'.0 east of station A ; marked by a wooden tent- 

 peg, projecting 2 inches (5 centimeters) above ground. 



Station C is about 540 feet (165 meters) south 

 26 00'. 1 west of station A, and about same distance 

 west of station B; marked by a wooden tent-peg, 

 projecting 2 inches (5 cm.) above ground. 



\Iundawindi, Western Australia, 1914. On cleared land 

 about 500 feet. (152 meters) north of old telegraph- 

 station, and about 500 feet (152 meters) easl of aev 

 telegraph-station. 



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Murnpeowie, South Australia, 1914. On a small hill 400 

 feet (122 meters) east of homestead, in range with 

 middle veranda post of east side of homestead and 

 east chimney of engineer's house, and 84.8 feet (25.85 

 meters) east of wire fence measured from a point 

 211 feet (64.31 meters) north of gate; marked by 

 stringy-bark peg projecting 2 inches (5 cm.) above 

 ground. True bearings: cairn on low hill, 2 miles 

 (3.2 km.), 13 28'.8; south side of south chimney of 

 homestead, 55 04'.9; south inside edge of second 

 window from north of homestead, 57 17'. 1; base of 

 belfry on store, 500 feet (152 meters), 83 43'.2; near 

 corner of store chimney, 500 feet (152 meters), 87 

 12'. 9; gable end of wool-shed, 800 feet (244 meters), 

 97 02'. 6; top of old windmill shaft, one-third mile 

 (0.5 km.), 160 02'.3. 



Murray Bridge, South Australia, 1914. Close reoccupation 

 of station of 1911, though considerable building has 

 been done in neighborhood and cricket-pitch of brick 

 and concrete has been put down; the inner edge of 

 timber around the cricket-pitch is distant 13.5 feet 

 (4.11 meters); bolt in timber at northwest corner of 

 pitch, 20.8 feet (6.34 meters). True bearings: gable 

 end of house, 750 feet (229 meters), 4 20'.9; bottom 

 left edge of small pavilion, 235 feet (71.6 meters), 

 86 27'. 5; top left edge of chimnev of "Quorna" 

 house, 300 feet (91 meters), 124 07'.9;' cross on church, 

 900 feet (274 meters), 182 40'.5; left edge of left 

 support of left water-supply tank, one-fourth mile 

 (0.4 km.), 247 24'.9; finial spike on house, 1,000 feet 

 (305 meters), 277 03'.6. 



Murta Murta Well, South Australia, 1914. On flat top of 

 a sand-hill south of Innamincka mail-track and 

 about 350 feet (107 meters) south of homestead. 

 True bearings: west corner post of goat-yard, 228.9 

 feet (69.77 meters), 103 21'.7; gable end of galvanized- 

 iron house, 350 feet (107 meters), 187 18'.2; east 

 corner post of goatr-yard, 199.2 feet (60.72 meters), 

 210 30'.4; notch on tree, 53.9 feet (16.43 meters), 

 220 14'.0; hurricane lamp on tree, 250 feet (76 

 meters), 224 59'.2; far windmill, 1,000 feet (305 

 meters), 227 11'.5. 



Musgrave Range, South Australia, 1914. Observations of 

 declination were made with a compass along route of 

 an expedition in the Musgrave Range, at 20 points 

 between south latitude 26 54' and 28 12', and east 

 longitude 133 06' and 135 24'. In Table of Results 

 only mean position and mean resulting declination is 

 given. See more extended account under Report of 

 Government Astronomer G. F. Dodwell, page 152. 



Nainie, South Australia, 1918. In Mt. Lofty ranges, in 

 northeast corner of quarry reserve on hill southeast of 

 Nairne railway station and 13.13 chains (264.11 

 meters) south of center of main railway crossing; 

 marked by survey mark consisting of concrete circle, 

 flush with ground, engraved Geodetic and Magnetic 

 Survey of S. A., with cross arms pointing north-south, 

 east-west, engraved 35 02'.4S, X 13S 54'. 4E, with 

 a meridian mark fixed 1 chain (20 meters) south. 

 True bearings: center of warning post on west side 

 of railway crossing, 192 55'. 8; center of warning 

 post on east side of railway crossing, 197 55'.8; spike 

 on gable of house used as Nairne Hospital, near rail- 

 way crossing, 197 56'. 9; ornament on gable on west 

 side of house on slope of hill, three-fourths mile 

 (1.2 km.), 272 21M; rod on northeast gable of 

 church, one-fourth mile (0.4 km.), 279 59'.4. 



Nappacoongie Well, South Australia, 1914. On a low ir- 

 regular sand-hill, 100 feet (30.5 meters) east-south- 



