PAPERS 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA 



1917 



A DETERMINATION OF THE HEIGHT OF BARN 

 BLUFF. 



By H. R. Hutchison. Authorised Surveyor, L. F. Giblin, 

 B.A.. and W. F. D. Butler, M.Sc, B.A., LL.B. 



[Read lOlh April. 1916. Received in Revised Form, 24th 

 June, 1*J17. Issued sepaiiitely 'lord Au«,nist, 11M7.] 



In a paper read before the Society in 1912 on the 

 Height of Ben Lomond, the claims of Barn Bluff to be 

 higher than its neighbour. Cradle Mountain, were referred 

 to, and in a sketch map of the latter district made by 

 Franz Malcher in 1914 the height of Barn Bluff is placed 

 as between 5,135 feet and 5,200 feet. 



At Christmas, 1915. a party, consisting of Professor 

 Flynn, Dr. W. N. Benson, L. Rodway, C.M.G., Dr. Rod- 

 way, E. Maxwell, A. V. Giblin, A. Gamett, and the 

 writers, spent several days in the vicinity of Cradle Moun- 

 tain, and whilst Professor Flynn ard Messrs. W. N. Ben- 

 son, L. Rodway, and Dr. Rodway each spent their time 

 in examining the biological, geological, and botanical fea- 

 tures of the district, the writei^s decided to attempt to 

 settle the disputed point as to the height of Bam Bluff. 



The majority of the party left Hobart. by the morning 

 train, and were met at Sheffield and driven that night to 

 Wilmot. 



Next day this party were driven through the V.D.L. 

 Company's Middlesex block to Pencil Pine Creek, a, dis- 

 tance of about 24 miles, where they were met by Mr. G. 

 Weindorfer, who had made all arrangements for their 

 stay. After partaking of lunch, the party walked to Mr. 

 Weindorfers accommodation house, prettily-situated in a 

 forest of pencil pines at the commencement of Cradle 

 Valley, a distance of about four miles from Pencil Pine 

 Creek . 



The next day an excursion was made to the top of 

 Cradle Mountain, the trigonometrical station on which is 



