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indications as to whether fenced or not and whether metalled 

 or not. Bridges, culverts, cuttings, embankments, water- 

 holes, water-courses (non-perennial), and tracks are indicated, 

 while in sparsely populated parts the position of every house 

 is marked. All pubhc buildings, such as churches, schools, 

 post-offices, hotels, &c., have their special indications, so that 

 with one of these maps in hand the tourist can have no fear 

 of being " bushed." They are also contoured at every fifty 

 feet, which in itself is a great boon. The maps measure about 

 27 by 17 inches, and thus represent about 460 square miles of 

 country. Up to the present twelve have been issued — ^viz., 

 two for New South Wales (Lake Macquarie and Morna Point), 

 one for South Australia (Adelaide), and nine for Victoria 

 (Sunbury, Melbourne, Ringwood, Cranbourne, Western Port, 

 Sorrento, Portarlington, Geelong, and Anglesea). The maps 

 take their names from some important place which they 

 include. Thus Ringwood, the one of most use tg members of 

 the Field Naturalists' Club, covers the area from Northcote 

 to Sandringham on the west to Seville and South Gembrook 

 on the east, and from Lilydale in the north to Dandenong in 

 the south. As the south-west corner of this map is the inter- 

 section of the 145th degree of longitude with the 38th degree 

 of latitude, it will be easy to work out on a map of Victoria 

 in which map any desired locality will occur. Unfortunately, 

 a few errors appear here and there. The most serious occurs 

 in the Ringwood map, in which the Mullum Mullum or Deep 

 Creek is misnamed " Anderson's Creek." Most of the prin- 

 cipal roads are named, but in several instances the names are 

 wrongly spelled ; this is a pity, for maps of such importance 

 as these should be free from the slightest error. They are 

 published at the low price of one shilling, and can be obtamed 

 at the Government Printing Office, Melbourne. 



The National Park, Wilson's Promontory. — In the course 

 of some remarks on the National Park in the Argus of 6th 

 January, Professor Ewart remarks that the protection afforded 

 to the Koalas, or Native Bears, by the enclosure of the park and 

 the stopping of shooting has resulted in their favourite haunt, a 

 Swamp Gum forest near Oberon Bay, becoming over-populated, 

 with the consequence that the trees are being killed by the 

 excessive destruction of their leaves, hence it may become 

 necessary to occasionally thin out some of the animals. It is 

 gratifying to learn that in parts where the timber had been 

 destroyed by bush fires, often in the interests of former graziers, 

 forest trees are again asserting themselves, and bid fair to com- 

 pletely restore the damage in a few years. 



