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GIPPSLAND. 
Areas of Geological Formations. 
I. Upper Tertiary, 
including Lakes 
square 
miles. 
2,712=1,735,080 
Where not covered by sand-dunes, light moderately good 
soil; at some distance from the sea (where there is less 
sand), fit for wheat. All kinds of root crops and maize 
grow well in these soils with proper treatment. 
2. Middle Tertiary .. 
37 = 23,680 
Much lime In the soil. Yields excellent crops. Hops, 
fruit trees, and vegetables of all kinds grow well. 
3. Oolitic (carbona¬ 
ceous) 
1,531= 079,840 
Soils similar to those of Bnrrabool hills, Wan non district, 
and Cape Otway. Deep rich soils in the valleys. In 
Gipjudand this tract is generally heavily timbered. 
4 . Upper PaUeozolc.. 
5. Devonian . , 
6. Upper Silurian .. 
7. Lower Silurian .. 
8. Metamorphic 
9. Newer Volcanic .. 
10. Older Volcanic .. 
11. Jrap . . 
12. Granite .. .. 
Total 
687= 
439,680 
05 = 
41,600 
1,730=1 
1,111,040 
3,548=1 
i,270,720 
235= 
150,400 
279= 
178,500 
138= 
88,320 
1,275= 
816,000 
1,655=1,059,200 
13,898=8,894,720 
Soil sandy, gravelly, 9nd poor. Grass moderately good. 
Stringybark on the hills, gum and box near the rivers. 
Pittosporum and other umbrageous trees in the deep 
gorges of the Mitchell, with curryjongs, &c. 
Limestone hills with good soil. Scarcely any Umber. 
Ranges with thin soils. Deeper and letter soils in the flats. 
Ranges with thin soils. Good soils in the river flats, 
Grass thin. Stringy-bark, iron-bark, and scrub. 
Rugged ranges. Wherever the country is at all level the 
soil is good and highly productive. 
Soils like those of Keilor Plains and the Werribee, but in 
Gippsland these tracts lie at a great elevation. 
Soils very rich and deep like those of Moonee Ponds and 
part of the Bacchus Marsh district. The timber and 
scrub dense. 
Mountains rugged and rocky; bare of soli In places; else¬ 
where soil pooruml gritty. Grass of medium quality; 
In the best parts, kangaroo grass; In poor places, wiry 
and in tufts. Timber according to elevation and asj»ect. 
Mountain white-gum on Black .Mountain tableland, 
with stringy-bark and peppermint In the gullies. Near 
the Snowy River, in deep valleys, Ikjx and apple-tree. 
As a rule the trap country Is not scrubby. 
Light sandy soils. Open forest. Moderately well grassed. 
In places timber heavy. 
BAROMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
3rd February 1874. 
Bruthen, 5.50 a.m. 
„ At Hotel 
„ Bed of Tarnbo ... 
„ Hotel again ... 
„ Difference, using means 
McDougall’s, Noeyang, 11.45 am. 
Near Summit of Fainting Range (add, say 250 feet, for summit level) 
4 20 P-m.. 
inches. 
30*010 
30-020 
30*105 
30*040 
075 
29-490 
tt r 
28-530 
