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Before anything is done towards fixing on a site for permanent works, 
it is desirable that a small kiln should be built close to the railway, and 
that samples of the limestone from the several localities should be tested 
as to their suitability for burning into lime. 
When it is determined which bands of limestone will yield the best 
results on burning, then the extent and thicknesss of these bands should 
be proved, and in this way the best sites for the large kilns can be decided. 
The site shown me by Mr. Watt is at Tallent’s Hill, and undoubtedly 
a very large quantity of limestone could be dealt with here. Tallent's 
Hill is on the south side of Cur die’s River, and on the railway line, where 
a siding has already been made. On the north side of the river and west 
of the railway, is another site that would command a greater height of 
limestone, and about i mile north of the bridge and on the east side of 
the line there is a steep limestone slope that rises still higher above the 
railway and that could be dealt with by means of a short siding. The 
whole of the spurs and slopes below the basalt plateau, which ends neat 
the saw-mill, consist of calcareous material, but without practical tests 
the most suitable bands for lime-making cannot be determined. 
Fuel is abundant, and the forest round should be conserved with a 
view to supplying a constant and cheap fuel. 
In developing the lime industry, the freight charges will have an import¬ 
ant bearing, and the lower the charge the greater will be the expansion. 
For tire wheat-growing and for the irrigation areas lime will soon become 
indispensable, and the area under notice can supply it in quantities that 
would meet all requirements. 
Limestone crops out as far north as Cobden, but it is apparently not 
so concentrated, and there are associated beds of clay, sand, &c., with it. 
It might, however, be worth while to bore into some of the Tertiary beds 
near Cobden to test the quality of the limestones that may occur below the 
clays and marls. 
Analysis of the limestone from the north face of Tallent’s Hill, 
Curdie’s River, shows carbonate of lime 92.61%, insoluble silica 3.54%, 
and from the east face of Tallent’s Hill, close to the railway, the analysis 
shows carbonate of lime 88.39%, insoluble silica 4.30%. This shows the 
limestone to range from fairly good to good quality. 
The Moorabool limestone, which is extensively burnt for lime at Gee¬ 
long, is of splendid quality, and contains carbonate of lime 96.00 per cent. 
For agricultural, and also for building purposes, the Curdie’s River lime 
is most valuable, though it will not go so far as the highest quality of 
lime. 
It is quite possible that an exhaustive examination of this area would 
disclose the presence of even higher grades of limestone than those analyzed, 
but it is satisfactory to know that there is abundance equal to the samples 
tested. 
The deposit is now being worked by the Bulldog Lime Co. 
Kawarren. 
The site of this limestone deposit is 29 chains west from Kawarren 
railway station, which lies 13 miles southward from Colac. A tramway 
connects the limestone with the railway. 
The whole of the country around consists of Tertiary deposits, appar¬ 
ently of Newer Pliocene age. The prevailing beds consist of arenaceous 
deposits, that in some cases are ferruginous, with some clay beds, and this 
limestone occurrence appears to be abnormal and different from the sur¬ 
rounding rocks. There is no other lime outcrop for some miles. On the 
