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estimated cost £127,000 ; Jerilderie to Berrigan, twenty-one miles 
sixty-six chains in length, estimated cost £42,475. Tenders are 
about to be invited for a new line from Bogan Gate to Condobolin, 
forty miles in length. 
Tramway Work.—A proposal has been worked out involving 
detail surveys and estimates for an electric tramway from Circular 
Quay to Redfern Railway Station and Harris-street, Ultimo, a 
length of about three and a half miles of double line. This has 
been recently under the consideration of the Public Works Com- 
mittee. Also for an electric tramway to Mossman’s Bay, one and 
a half miles, being an extension of the existing electric tramway 
along the Military Road. Also for a steam tramway to the 
Kensington Park and the Rifle Range, a distance of about three 
miles. 
Trial surveys and estimates have been made for extension of 
‘the Ocean-street tramway to Rose Bay, a distance of one and a 
half miles, by electric tram. A report has been submitted, by 
Mr. Deane, the Engineer-in-Chief for Railway Construction, dated 
September 9, 1895, on his proposed development of the tramway 
system in Sydney ard suburbs, including recommendations for 
substituting electricity as the motive power on portions of the 
existing lines. This report was based on results of observations’ 
made by Mr. Deane during his late visit to Europe and America. 
Technological Musewm.—Mr. Maiden and Mr. Baker during 
the past twelve months have described and figured many new 
phanerogamic species. Microfungi have also received some atten- 
tion, and a number of new species have been added to science. 
Mr. Maiden has requested me to call particular attention to the 
microfungi of this Colony. He states that our floral collections 
in this particular branch of plants are poorer than those of any 
other colony, though the flora of New New South Wales will 
probably prove to be the richest in microfungi. Botanical identi- 
fication of native timber trees has claimed considerable attention, 
and is expected to yield important commercial results. Timber 
merchants naturally hesitate to invest money in timbers unless 
