730 BOTANY OF THE SPRINGSURE DISTRICT, 



WEDNESDAY, 28th SEPTEMBEE, 1881. 



The President J. C. Cox, M.D., F.L.S., &c, in the Chair. 



MEMBERS ELECTED. 



E. L. Layard, C.M.G. &c, Noumea; Alex. Oliver, M.A., and 

 Dr. Charles Mackellar, M.D., Sydney. 



DONATIONS. 



Geological Sketch Map of New South "Wales, from the 

 Department of Mines. 



Peport of the Tasmanian Salmon Commissioners for 1880. 



papers read. 



The Botany of the Springsure District. 



By P. A. O'Shanesy, P.L.S. 



The town of Springsure is situate in 24° South Latitude, and 

 about 148 c 15' East Longitude, and is botanically and geologically 

 one of the most interesting districts in this part of Queensland. 

 The surrounding country is entirely volcanic, and it can scarcely 

 be surpassed for pastoral purposes, its rich, rolling downs spread- 

 ing out almost as far as the eye can reach, covered with 

 nutritious grasses, and here and there intersected by creeks of 

 beautiful water. The Orange, Grape, and other fruits thrive 

 here, and evidently at no very distant date its rich volcanic downs 

 will be converted into immense wheat fields. All the efforts of 

 the squatter to check the marsupials in this district appear 

 unavailing, for late in the evening these downs are literally 

 alive with kangaroos, as they emerge from their retreats to feed 

 at night on the tender herbage. The elevation of Springsure 

 above the sea is about 1,000 feet, and consequently its climate is 

 very temperate; its distance from Eockhampton is about 170 



