118 VEGETATION OF LORD HOWE ISLAND 



Fcp. 17 pp. with one folded map or sketch (to illustrate Dr. 

 Foulis' Report. See below). 



A numljer of minutes and reports are here collected together, 

 of which the following are of special interest to us : — 



a. — [Enclosure in No. 3]. Report of H. J. White, Assistant- 

 Surveyor, dated 7th January, 1835. [N.B. A reproduc- 

 tion of his map will be found in Nos. 1 and 2]. 



His Report is very brief. He gives the acreage at 3,230. He 

 states " The only grass* to be found is a narrow belt close to the 

 beaches, which is of a very coarse description. There are seven 

 kinds of timber, principally of a hard and knotty description and 

 very small. The wild figf and cabbage trees J are the most 

 abundant. . . . There is a . . . garden containing 

 potatoes, carrots, maize, pumpkins and tarra" [taro.] 



h. — [No. 5]. Statement of circumstances in reference to Lord 

 Howe's Island, situated off the coast of New South Wales, 

 between the Heads of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, 

 furnished by Dr. Foulis, of Sydney. 



This is the Report that Etheridge refers to at p. 4 of Aiist. 

 Museum Mem. No. 2 (1889). It is referred to in Wils. Bep. p. 4. 



The map or diagram that accompanied it is entitled " Sketch 

 of Lord Howe Island, referred to in Dr. Foulis' Report," and was 

 lithographed by J. Allan, 2 Bridge-street. It is on blue paper, 

 double folio size. 



The Report is dated 1st September, 1851, and occupies less than 

 2^ folio pages. Following are some notes from it: — "Large 

 cabbage-trees flourish on all the flats." [Many have since been 

 destroyed.] " There are many varieties of hardwoods, some 

 being very large and durable and fit for building purposes." He 

 then mentions the large crops of potatoes, pumpkins, maize, wheat 

 and sweet potato ; also bananas and vines. The Report is of 



* Presumably Spinifex hirsutus. 

 t Ficiis cobminaris. 

 1 Kentia. 



