xn. EDITORIAL NOTE. 



Througliuut our Expedition evei-ything was done both 1:)y official and private 

 individuals with whom we came in contact to render it as successful as possible. 



In conclusion the hojje may be expressed that our work may form a contri- 

 bution of some importance to a better knowledge of the great interior of tiie 

 continent in regard to the various Ijranches of science with which it deals, and 

 may also be regarded as justifying the public spirited enterprise and efTorts <if its 

 promoter. 



BALDWIN SPENCER. 



U.^ivERsiTY OF Melbourne, 

 Srptember, 189G. 



