46 ALBATROSS BAY, ETC. 



Timber for mining purposes at Croydon could be cut on the 

 Embley and shipped to Normanton, and when railway extension 

 takes place in the Gulf I believe both sleepers and bridge timber 

 -could be obtained here in large quantities. 



In the press and in public and private life we see and hear 

 much talk of the " resources " of Queensland, but their immen- 

 sity is very insufficiently realized, especially in regard to the 

 extreme north and north-west of the colony. I shall be greatly 

 pleased if this little paper contributes a mite to the sum of 

 knowledge now possessed on the subject, which I think every 

 faithful Queenslander should endeavour to increase. 



Note. — From documents in the Surveyor-General's office, including a 

 report by Mr. Embley, dated llth January, 1896, accompanied by a sketch- 

 plan, and an account of the voyage of the Albatross (17th December), taken 

 from the " Torres Straits Pilot " of 28th December, 1895, it appears that 

 the river which Mr. Douglas originally named the Hey is to be officially 

 charted as the "Mission Eiver ; " that the name "Embley Kiver " is to 

 be bestowed on Karracoo Creek ; and that the name " Hey Eiver " is to be 

 applied to that part of what Mr. Urquhart called the "Embley" above its 

 Junction with Karracoo Creek.— Ed. 



