60 VI. J. V. Daneš: 



Teil des Tafellandes bezieht, welcher sich zwischen der 

 Grenze von Queensland und der transkontinentalen Telegra- 

 phenlinie erstreckt, 



Auf der Milné River Station wurde eine unerschopfliche 

 Wassermenge im Kalkstein in einer Tiefe von 40 m erbohrt. 

 Nach der Meinung des Besitzers (im Jahre 1885) konnte 

 man in weiter Umgebung aus hochstens 45 m Tiefe Wasser 

 erbohren. In Carrandótta und Hedingley etwas weiter gegen 

 Siiden hat man Siisswasser in verschiedenen Tiefen zwischen 

 15 — -20 m erbohrt und jedeš Bohrloch hat eine unbegrenzte 

 Wassermenge zur Verfiigung. »I také it to be a generál un- 



on the western portion of this tract of country, and the rock for- 

 mation of the ranges near the telegraph line, artesian water should 

 be found over a considerable area, but here the grasses are not 

 nearly so good as on the eastern portion of the Tableland. Through- 

 out the whole of this area all the surfaee water is fresh. 



Soil. — For the most part the soil is of a rieh black or red 

 loam mixed with clay. On the bluebush flats and parts liable to 

 inundation the soil is loose and very porous, and in the dry season 

 full of cracks, through which immense quantities of water flow to 

 the subterranean reservoirs and channels. This is specially noti- 

 ceable on the western half of the Tableland. 



Gleichbedeutend ist auch die Zeugenaussage des Mr. John 

 CosTELLO aus der Lake Nash vor der koniglichen Kommission- 

 station, welcher schrieb (The Northern Territory of South Australia. 

 Papers read bef oře the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, 

 South Australian Branch. Adelaide 1901. S. 11.): »There is a large 

 area of country from Newcastle Waters and the head of the Roper 

 to the Qeensland border at Camooweal. This magnificent belt of 

 country known as the tableland may be said to be the cream of 

 the pastorál land of the Territory. 1 háve the f uUest and greatest 

 faith in the future of squatting in it. I háve travelled over most 

 sheep raising country in Queensland, and I can safely say that in 

 no part of that Colony háve I seen country better adapted for wool 

 growing than this splendid table-land. A permanent supply of water 

 can be obtained in this country at a depth varying from 150 to 

 250 feet. It would not require an expensive boring plant to put 

 down a 7-inch tubed well that depth. At each such well, 6000 to 

 8000 head of cattle could be watered. It would be a certain reservě 

 store in čase of drought. I thing I might safely say that (with 

 sufficient wells) the stations from Lake Nash to the head of the 

 Mac Arthur would be equal to supporting 10,000.000 sheep,« 



