96 J. H. MAIDEN. 
an addendum to MacGillivray’s ‘‘ Voyage of the Rattle- 
snake,”’ entitled “‘H. B. Kennedy’s Expedition for the 
exploration of the Cape York Peninsula ’”’ (1852) by Carron. 
Mueller in Trans. Phil. Soc. Vict. ii, 159, may also be 
referred to. See also Woolls’ “‘Lectures on the Vegetable 
Kingdom, p. 46; Royal Society’s Catalogue vii, 339; also (1). 
“ A beautiful marble tablet has just been received from England 
for erection in St. James’ Church, commemorative of the fate of 
Assistant Surveyor Kennedy and his party. Kennedy was killed 
by the aborigines in the vicinity of the Escape River, December 
13, 1848. The persons of the expedition who perished by disease 
were: Thomas Wall (Naturalist); C. Niblet, James Luft, E. 
Taylor, W. Costigan, E. Carpenter, J. Mitchell, J. Douglass and 
Dennis Dunn. The survivors were William Carron (Botanist), 
William Goddard, and Jackey Jackey (Aboriginal).” (‘Sydney 
Herald’ of 2nd March, 1852). 
After some work at collecting he was permanently em- 
ployed as ‘*Collector,’’ Botanic Gardens, Sydney, from 1st 
November, 1866 to 31st December, 1875. Mr. Carron 
reported to the Secretary for Lands, 28th December, 1871 
(ordered by Legislative Assembly to be printed, 28th July, 
1872) on certain Timber Reserves newly formed in the 
Clarence River district. The reserves were Glen Ugie, 
Coldstream, Chambigne Oreek and Pine Ridge. On 25th 
April, 1872, Mr. Charles Moore, Director, Botanic Gardens, 
forwarded a more voluminous report by Mr. Carron, 
Botanical Collector, on additional Timber Reserves in the 
Clarence, Richmond and Tweed districts (ordered by the 
Legislative Assembly to be printed 10th December, 1872). 
It would appear that the setting apart of these reserves 
was in connection with the foundation of a Forest Depart- 
ment in the Colony, since it had been found that timber 
(especially cedar) had been so extravagantly cut, that 
further control was necessary. Mr. Carron uses the follow- 
