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considered as very moderate. The original arrangement of lo 

 lbs. per member for personal effects outside blankets, &c., was 

 abandoned for what amounted to much the same thing, 30 lbs., 

 including everything but tents and provisions, and this was found 

 to be ample. The whole of our tents, provisions, collecting 

 apparatus, bedding, &c., carried by the five pack horses, reached 

 nearly half a ton. 



The party comprised six members of the F.N.C. and some of 

 their friends. The members were the following : — Mrs. A. D. 

 Hardy, and Messrs. T. S. Hall, M.A., J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., 

 J. A. Leach, B.Sc, G. B. Pritchard, F.G.S., and A. D. Hardy, 

 F.L.S. (leader). 



Reports on sectional work will be furnished as follows : — 

 Zoology (exclusive of mollusca), J. A. Kershaw ; geology and 

 mollusca, G. B. Pritchard ; ethnology, A. S. Kenyon, C.E. (Mr. 

 Kenyon also re-marked the northern end of the western 

 boundary of the Park, in order that posts might be erected by 

 the Ports and Harbours authorities as a guide to sportsmen and 

 others) ; and botany, A. D. Hardy. 



The photographs with which to-night's reports are illustrated 

 are from the cameras of Mrs. A. D. Hardy and Messrs. T. S. 

 Hall, G. R. Macey, and Thomas. 



Our inquiries have resulted in the following information, briefly 

 summarized, as full detailed reports will be given separately : — 



The only objectionable animals in the Park are wild dogs and 

 snakes. Rabbits, we were glad to find, had not reached the 

 Promontory. The dogs are not true Dingoes, but have escaped 

 from fishermen, hunting parties, and selectors, and have interbr d 

 with the Dingo to such an extent as to have almost effaced the 

 latter. The snakes are Copperheads chiefly, if what we saw are 

 an index of the whole. Of large animals there is a diminishing 

 quantity of Black-tailed Wallaby and Koala, or Monkey-Bear. 

 These, and especially the former, are being destroyed by the 

 dogs. Authorized by the Minister of Lands, we laid over loo 

 strychnine baits to lessen the number of this pest, but as this 

 was always done when breaking up camp or on the homeward 

 march, we do not know with what result. We saw nothing and 

 could hear nothing of the Kangaroo, Lyre-bird, or Platypus, but 

 the Porcupine, Echidna acrdeuta, Shaw, is not infrequent, and 

 Grey and Ring-tailed Opossums are to be found. Of birds. Peli- 

 cans and Black Swan find a home on Corner Basin, and Black 

 Duck are plentiful on the rivers, while perching birds are numerous. 



We found the Promontory lands to be well adapted for the 

 purpose for which the Park has been reserved, provided the half- 

 mile strip ot foreshore be included, for without this strip the 

 country will be almost valueless for natural history purposes. By 

 the e.xclusion of the strip, not only is the picturesque coastal 

 scenery omitted, but all the interesting marine and shore life is 



