32 ON THE REMOVAL OF BARS FROM 
through one of the most productive districts of New South Wales ; 
and from the wonderful richness of the soil, there can be little 
doubt that this district is destined to play an important part in 
the development of the great agricultural resources of this Colony. 
But for the existence of the bar at the entrance of this great 
al means of internal 
’ stretching away to the table-lands of New England and beyond. 
The pressing necessity, therefore, of removing this obstruction to 
the progress of this important part of the Colony cannot be over- 
estimated. 
In examining this case the same contending forces are seen at 
work—namely, the struggle between waves and tide, the result 
being that the entrance has been driven into a most awkward 
corner by the action of the north-east winds, the river being di- 
verted from its straight course into one of the most ugly bends 
imaginable, with the result that, instead of a good channel, we see 
a succession of deep holes and sandbanks, and to make matte 
worse there are several dangerous sunken rocks in this already 
uninviting entrance. Nature has done much towards the removal 
There should be no great difficulty in fixing the entrance and 
removing the bar, considering that Nature has provided 
‘ and north-easterly weather. Atthe same time, the channel 
should be straightened by cutting through the spit, and deflecting 
the stream from the south side of the river by the construction of 
a dyke from the south bank to Rabbit Island, extending a short 
distance into the main channel. The breakwater, once constructed, 
the removal of the spit would be an easy matter ; for by cutting a 
narrow canal parallel with -street, Iluka, the tide would 
soon complete the work of cutting a good channel. The new 
