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corner of the Promontory, and the very rough area between 

 Mount Wilson and Refuge Cove, which still remain to be done. 

 To the latter place it is to be hoped that before the next visit a 

 track will be cut, as it is at present almost inaccessible. 



As evidence of the thoroughness of the work of the first 

 expedition, I would like to say that on a visit to the lighthouse 

 from the Tidal River I did not note a single species not already 

 collected by Messrs. Audas and St. John. 



In regard to the plants noted on the visit, it may be said that 

 the only real surprise was the finding ot the Lindsaya (not 

 already recorded from this State), and that many species which 

 might reasonably have been expected to occur were not seen. 



In reviewing the list of plants already recorded, we cannot but 

 be struck by the absence in particular ot Helipterums, of all 

 Goodenias except G. ovata, of the Prostantheras except P. 

 lasiantha, of the Eriostemons except E. myoporoides, of 

 Kennedya monophylla, Vitiadinia australis, Frankenia kevis, 

 among others, and by the comparative rarity of Crucifers, Pul- 

 tenseas. Acacias, Eucalypts, and Brachycomes. 



It has been rumoured that it is the intention of the Forests 

 Department to plant a large area at Barry's Creek with alien 

 trees, and we may be permitted to hope that the rumour is 

 without foundation. It has been generally understood that the 

 plantation was to be kept strictly for the preservation of native 

 plants and animals, and if any experimental planting is to be 

 done, surely only our Australian trees should be tried.* 



Finally, it might be as well to mention, for the benefit of those 

 intending to visit the reservation, that if it is desired to avoid the 

 long drive from Fish Creek to the Darby River, the Promontory 

 can be very conveniently reached by way of Bennison to Bovven, 

 a little fishing village on the Franklin River. From here Corner 

 Inlet is crossed by one of the many fishing boats available, all of 

 which are provided with motors ; and the voyage is made, under 

 favourable circumstances, in about two and a half hours, the 

 visitor being put ashore near the northern end of the Vereker 

 Range, only about five miles from the Darby River. 



* [The agreement between the Forests Department and the National Park 

 Committee indudes a provision to this effect. The area set aside as a forest 

 reserve for e.xotic trees is trifling as compared with the total area of the Park. 

 The Committee anticipates receiving considerable assistance from the Forests 

 Department in carrying out its objects.- — A. J. E.] 



Mineral Map of Victoria. — In addition to the geological 

 map of Victoria mentioned in the last Naturalist, the same map has 

 been printed in paler colours, with the principal localities of thirty- 

 seven varieties of minerals, &c., added, making it an extremely 

 useful publication. 



