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vi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Faces 

 TEXT HILL TIN SMELTING WORKS, EMMAVILLE ... ... ... ... 234 



DIAMOND DRILL PLANT ... ... ... ... •■■ .•• 237 



NEWCA.STLE, FROM THE CUSTOM-HOUSE ... ... ... ... ... 238 



NEWCA.STLE HARBOUR, SHOWING STEAM CRANES ... ... ... ... 240 



METROPOLITAN COLLIERY, HELENSBURGH ... ... ... ... ... 242 



WILLANORA WEIR, LACHLAN RIVER ... ... ... ... ... 252 



WARREN WEIR WORKS, MACQUARIE RIVER ... ... ... ... ... 252 



ARTESIAN BORE, WAKREGO DISTRICT ... ... ... ... ... 255 



TOWN HALL, SYDNEY 



GEORGE-STREET, .SYDNEY 



NEW CITY MARKETS, GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY .. ... ... ... 268 



THE TURNING OF THE TURF OP THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY, JULY 3rD, 1850 271 



THE SAME, FROM A PAINTING AT THE TIME BY JOHN RAE, ESQ. ... ... 272 



REDFERN RAILWAY STATION, SYDNEY ... ... ... ... ... 276 



DIAGRAM SHOWING GRADIENTS ON THE WE.STERN LINE ... ... ... 278 



GENERAL PO.ST OFFICE, SYDNEY... ... ... ... ... ... 281 



PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE, .SYDNEY ... ... ... ... ... ... 287 



HAMPDEN BRIDGE, WAGGA WAGGA ... .. ... .. ... 288 



BRIDGE OVER DARLING RIVER AT WENTWORTH ... ... ... ... 291 



STEAM CRANE, DARLING HARBOUR ... ... ... ... ... 293 



ST. Andrew's cathedral, Sydney ... ... ... ... ... 312 



THE UNIVERSITY, SYDNEY ... ... ... ... ... ... 321 ^ 



MAPS — 



NEW SOUTH WALES ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 



.SHOWING AVERAGE RAINFALL ... ... ... ... ... 6 



SHOWING AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ... ... ... ... ... 6 



PORT JACK.SON ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 



CITY OF .SYDNEY ... ... ... ... .. ... ...at eud 



NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS, &C. ... ... ... ... ... at end 



