766 president's address. 



E9. New England County. 



This consists of the following counties : — Arrawatta (eastern 

 half), Clive, Gough, Gresham (western half), Clarke, Hardinge, 

 Sandon, Ingiis (eastern half), Vernon, and Hawes. 



Its boundaries are : — North, the Queensland border ; east, the 

 steep escarpment ; south, the Liverpool Range ; and west, th^ 

 Liverpool Plains. 



It has an average elevation of say 2,500 to 3,000 feet. 



Different authorities vary in their definitions of New England. 

 Mr. T. W. Connolly, the District Surveyor of Armidale, has 

 kindly favoured me with the following note on the subject : — 



"This district should be strictly regarded as being identical 

 with the old pastoral district of that name, but the name has 

 been adopted for a mining district which does not quite coincide 

 with the pastoral district. 



"Locally it has a more restricted meaning, and an attempt is 

 made to apply it solely to the high lands. The escarpment on 

 the east is not easily defined, as it follows gullies breaking into 

 and forming precipitous falls so irregular that definition would 

 be a laborious task." 



ElO. Liverpool Range County. 



This connects the Hunter River county with the western 

 country. 



It comprises the counties of Bligh, Brisbane (eastern portion), 

 Hunter and Phillip. It is one of the intermediate, or "stepping- 

 stone" counties. 



Ell. Southern Tableland County. 



Average elevation say 2,200 feet, and consequently somewhat 

 lower than the northern tableland (New England). An indefinite 

 or intermediate county shading on the west into the plains 

 country, and on the east into the coast country. The Great 

 Dividing Range runs through it in a south to north direction. 

 Northern boundary, Cudgegong River ; eastern, Blue Mountains 

 and South Coast counties; south, Monaro ; west, western boun- 

 dary of Selwyn, thence northerly along the Central-Eastern Land 

 Division boundary to Gundagai, thence along the Murrumbidgee 



