XXIV. ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. 



of our coast is too little made use of. Where the coastline 

 is lofty, there is a very distinct lowering of the rainfall of 

 the intracoastal plains e.g., Camden. The eastern side of 

 the mountain ranges has such a power in precipitating 

 moisture from the air, that even at Mount Victoria the 

 average rainfall is very decidedly less than at Katoomba. 

 In cases where considerable elevation might be desirable, 

 with a relatively light rainfall we can find it readily, 

 e.g., Guyra Lake, and where still greater elevation is 

 required, there is the "Hospice" at Mount Kosciusko. at 

 about 6,000 feet high, and it is quite possible that in 

 this neighbourhood we may find as regards height above 

 sea-level combined with stillness of air a rival to the world- 

 famed Davos in Switzerland. The inland plains were con- 

 trasted with the Nile country of Egypt. The spa waters 

 of New South Wales, though few in number, are fortunately 

 of great variety, and of their kind probably not surpassed 

 by the corresponding waters of Europe and America. Great 

 stress was laid upon the necessity of using the natural 

 advantages of our varied climate in the treatment of the 

 poorer class of invalids of our own country, so that especi- 

 ally in the case of the convalescents of our city hospitals, 

 and of those suffering from chronic ailments who have to 

 be treated as out patients, we might not only greatly 

 facilitate their recovery, but even make cures possible, 

 which otherwise might be unobtainable ; in this respect 

 only imitating the excellent example set by Germany and 

 other European countries. 



