1872.] ETHERIDGE QlrEENSXAND POSSTLS. 317 



Or 



Valueless land, " Desert Sandstone." 150,000 



Scrubby and thickly timbered, in- f Carbonaceous &c. ") 



ferior pastoral, but valuable as < Mesozoic and Pa- I 24,000 

 containing coal, iron-ore, &c. . . [ laeozoic ...... J 



Pair pastoral, and valuable for f Devonian 1 



its associated minerals and I Silurian I 60,000 



metals [ Metamorphic . . J 



Fair pastoral Granitic 114,000 



Good pastoral j ^"^""^l^^^^^' ^""^ } 200,000 



(Alluvial , 

 Volcanic . 

 Trappean , 



^ to"af '! ^"'^"'"^ '""^ "^^^'^^^- j VoCnt I 52,000 



600,000 



Looking at the matter from an economical point of view, we find 

 that one fourth of the colony of Queensland is valueless, whereas 

 three fourths furnish good pastoral land. 



Of this latter, 60,000 square miles contain extensive and very 

 valuable mines of gold, with numerous outcrops of copper- and lead- 

 ores, to which may now be added rich deposits of tin-ore ; 24,000 

 square miles are capable of producing illimitable supplies of coal and 

 iron ; 52,C DO square miles are, as far as soil is concerned, best adapted 

 for the agriculturist and squatter. 



In conclusion, it may be asserted that there is here a wealth of 

 material resource which compares favourably with that of any other 

 Australian colony. 



Appendioa I. 



Desckiption of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Fossiis of Qtjeenseand. 

 By Robert Etheeidge, Esq., E.E.S., &c.. Palaeontologist to Her 

 Majesty's Geological Survey of Great Britain, * 



iNTEODTIOTIOlSr. 



Mr. Dainteee's late explorations in Queensland have added much 

 to our knowledge of the distribution of extinct life over that exten- 

 sive colony, A slight history or resume of the progress of geolo- 

 gical and palseontological discovery in Australia may not be out of 

 place, and will show the difficulties attending research in a country 

 almost untrodden and only, of necessity, very partially examined. 

 It is hoped that the local societies may be induced to work up the 

 varied and rich fossil fauna surrounding those cities now so exten- 

 sively peopled in New South Wales, Queensland, and South Aus- 

 tralia ; and it is partly with this view that we are induced to figure 

 the species found fossil in Queensland, many of which are new, and. a 



