OBITUARY,

RECORDING THE DEATHS OF MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN AUSTRALASIA, FROM OCTOBER, 1883, TO MAY, 1886.

ANDREWS, THOMAS MORGAN, L. et L. Mid. R.C.P. Edin., L.F.P.S. Glas. 1879. -April 12, 1885, at Fitzroy, Melbourne.

ARMITAGE, FREDERICK WILLIAM, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1865.-June 3, 1884, at Tauranga, Prov. Auckland, N.Z.

AULD, ROBERT THOMAS, L.R.C.S. Edin. 1827.-December 8, 1883, at Grafton, N.S.W., aged 77.

BARKER, EDWARD, M. 1839, F. 1859, R.C.S. Eng.; M.D. Melb. 1863.-June 30, 1885, at St. Kilda, Melbourne, aged 68.

BARKER, EDWARD HAMILTON BLAIR, M. B. Melb. 1876.-May 20, 1885, at Robe, S.A. BARNETT, JOSEPH KNIGHT, M.R.C.S.E. 1855; M.D. St. And. 1857.-January 5, 1885, at Tintaldra, Vic.

BARTON, FREDERICK, M.R.C.S.E. 1865; L.S.A. Lond. 1873.-July 26, 1885, at Richmond, Vic., aged 44.

BAUMGAERTNER, FERDINAND, M.D. et Ch.D. Munich 1875.- December, 1885, at Charlton, Vic.

BEG, WAZIR, M.D., M.R.C.S.E. 1861.—January 4, 1885, in Sydney, N.S.W., aged 58. BENNETT, EDWIN JAMES, L.S.A. Lond. 1834.-April 23, 1885, at Stawell, Vic., aged 72.

BENSON, JOHN ROBINSON, M.D. Qu. Coll. Kingston, Can., late of Gympie, Qu.July 25, 1885, at East St. Kilda, Melbourne, Vic., aged 48.

BERNAL, JOHN, L. et L. Mid. K.Q.C.P. Irel. 1883.-August 5, 1885, at Sydney, N.S. W., aged 24.

BOASE, WILLIAM FRANCIS FOOKES, M. R. C.S. Eng. et L.R.C. P. Lond. 1874, late of Tambo, Qu.-Oct. 22, 1883, at Plymouth, England.

BONE, WILLIAM, M.D., St. And. 1862, M. R. C.S. et L.S.A. Lond. 1859.-September 1, 1885, at Castlemaine, Vic., aged 49.

BOOTH, JOHN MASON, L.R. C.S. Irel. 1860.-Oct. 18, 1884, at Sydney, aged 54. BROUGHTON, RICHARD NIGHTINGALE, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1869.-September 17, 1885, at Braidwood, N.S.W., aged 38.

BUNCE, RICHARD, M.R.C. S. Eng. 1842.—March 29, 1885, at Ballarat, Vic.

BUTLER, HENRY, M. 1843, F. 1849, R.C.S. Eng.-August 22, 1885, at Hobart, Tas. aged 63.

CADELL, JAMES JOHN, M. D. et L. R.C.S. Edin. 1836.-February 19, 1884, at Raymond Terrace, N.S.W., aged 68.

CAIRD, JOHN HAY, L.R.C.S. Edin. 1878.-February 1, 1885, at Kiama, N.S.W. CHAPMAN, HENRY THOMAS HUGH, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1868, L. et L. Mid. R.C.P. Edin.

1872.-January 30, 1886, at Lyttelton, N.Z.

CHILCOT, JAMES, M. R.C.S.E. 1872, L.S.A. Lond. 1871.-Sept. 11, 1884, at Wardell,

N.S.W.

CHOWN, JOSEPH WATERFIELD, M.B. et Ch.M. Edin. 1875.-September 1884, at Terowie, S.A.

CHRISTIE, JOHN, M.A., M.B. et Ch.M.Aberd.-January 24, 1886, at Melbourne, Vic., aged 24.

CLARKE, WILLIAM, M.B. et Ch.M. Aberd, 1879.-April 22. 1886, at Orroroo, S.A. CLOUGH, MORLEY EDDISON, L.R.C.P. Edin. et M.R.C.S. Eng. 1881.-November 1884, at Gympie, Qu.

COLE, GEORGE MILNER, L.S.A. Lond. 1881. —in May 1884, at Wood's Point. Vic. CONCANNON, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, L. et L. Mid. K.Q.C.P. Irel. 1868; L. et L. Mid. R.C.S. Irel. 1870.-July 30, 1885, at Brisbane, Qu., aged 35.

CORTIS, HERBERT LIDDELL, L.R.C.P. Edin. et L.F.P.S. Glas. 1882; L.S.A. Lond. 1881. December 27, 1885, at Carcoar, N.S.W.

CROWTHER, WILLIAM LODEWYK, M. 1841, F. 1874, R. C.S. Eng.-April 12, 1885, at Hobart, Tas., aged 68.

DAVIES, JOSEPH WALTER, M.R.C.S. Eng. et L.S.A. Lond. 1856.—March 26, 1885, at Quirindi, N.S. W.

DAVY, EDWARD, L.S.A. Lond. 1827, M.R.C.S.E.

Malmsbury, Vic., aged 79.

1828.-January 26, 1885, at

DAY, HENRY, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1838.-April 11, 1884, at Sydney.

DEAN, HENRY DACRE, M. R.C.S. Eng., L.S.A. Lond. 1855.-January 11, 1885, at

East Charlton, Vic., aged 52.

DIVER, HENRY WILLIAM, L. et L. Mid. 1869, M. 1877, R. C.P. Edin.; M.R.C.S.E. 1867.-January 13, 1885, at Wellington, N.Z.

DOBIE, ROBERT JOHN ALGERNON, M. R.C.S. Eng. et L.S.A. Lond. 1875.-January, 1885, at Muswellbrook, N.S.W.

DOCKER, JOSEPH, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1824; L.S.A. Lond. 1832.—December 11, 1884, at Sydney, aged 83.

DONALD, WILLIAM, Surgeon.-In 1884, at Lyttelton, N.Z.

DUNN, GEORGE, L.R. C.S. Edin. 1831; L.S. A. Lond. 1833; M. D. Edin. 1848.-May 7, 1886, at Hastings, N.Z.

ELMES, JOHN BLAIR, M.B. et Ch. M. Dub. 1863.-June 1884, at Lilydale, Vic.
FARMAN, WILLIAM, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1830.-In 1885, at Hobart, Tas.

FIGG, JAMES CARNEGIE, L.R.C.P. et R.C.S. Edin. 1885.-May 1, 1886, at Williamstown, Vic.

FISHER, ROBERT JAMES, L.A.H. Dub. 1877.-June 4, 1884, at Tea Tree Gully, S.A. FITZGERALD, JOHN PATRICK, M.B. 1876, Ch.B. 1879, Melb.-April 27, 1885, at Shepparton, Vic.

FLOOD, JOHN WELLESLEY, M.B. Dub., L.R.C.S. Irel. 1876.-February 15, 1884, at Queenstown, S.A., aged 31.

FOORD-CLARK, HARRY, L.R.C.P. et R.C.S. Edin. 1874.-April 12, 1886, at Tamworth, N.S.W., aged 34.

FORTESCUE, GEORGE, M.B. Lond. 1861; M.R.C.S.E. 1860.-June 1, 1885, at Five Dock, near Sydney, aged 47.

FULLERTON, GEORGE, M. D. Edin. 1832; Ch. M. Glas. 1831.-September 24, 1883, at Woollahra, Sydney, aged 81.

GELL, THOMAS SILVESTER, M.B. et Ch. M. 1866, M.D. 1870, Edin.; M.R.C.S. Eng. et L.S.A. Lond. 1866.- December 29, 1884, at Thornborough, Qu.

GEOGHEGAN, ARTHUR FREDERICK WILLIAM, M.B. et Ch. M. Dub. 1883.-July 21, 1884, at Sydney, aged 23.

GERARD, JOHN, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1830; L.S.A. Lond. 1828.-April 29, 1886, at Hunter's Hill, Sydney, aged 80.

GETHING, ROBERT, M.D. Edin. 1847; M. R.C.S. Eng. 1846; L.S.A. Lond. 1849.October 20, 1883, at Port Adelaide, S. A., aged 57.

GILHOOLEY, JAMES CHARLES, L. R.C.S. Irel. 1856.-April 19, 1886, at Sydney. GILLBEE, WILLIAM, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1848.-January 4, 1885, in Melbourne, Vic., aged 60.

GILLMAN, THOMAS HENRY, M.D. et Ch.M. Qu. Univ. Irel. 1870, L. et L. Mid.
K.Q.C.P. Irel. 1870.-August, 1884, at Burwood, Sydney, N.S.W.
GOLDSBRO', CHARLES FIELD, L. 1860, M. 1876, F. 1878, R.C.P. Edin.; M.R.C.S.E.
et L.S.A. Lond. 1856; M.B. 1866, M.D. 1868, Syd.-December 20, 1883, at
Auckland, N.Z., aged 55.

GOOLD, FRANCIS, M. R.C.S.E. 1853.-in 1884, at Gisborne, Poverty Bay, N.Z.
GOSSE, CHARLES, M.B. et Ch.M. 1872, M. D. 1875, Aberd.; M. R.C.S. Eng. 1870.-
July 1, 1885, at Adelaide, S.A., aged 36.

GRACE, JOHN FREDERICK, M.D. St. And. 1851, M. R.C.S. Eng. 1843.-January 23, 1883, at West Melbourne, Vic., aged 62.

GREAVES, THOMAS, M. R.C.S. Eng. 1881; L.R.C.P. Lond. 1882.--June 24, at Warwick, Qu., aged 27.

GRIERSON, FRANCIS WALTER, M.B. et Ch. M. Edin. 1883.-January 8, 1885, at Douglas Park, N.S. W., aged 24.

GUNSON, JOHN MICHAEL, M.D. Heidelberg 1865; M. R.C.S. Eng. 1848.-May 3, 1884, at Kensington Park, Adelaide, S.A.

HAUGHTON, THOMAS WILFRED, M.B. et Ch. B. Dub. 1883.-June 3, 1885, at Tamworth, N.S.W.

HAVENS, ROBERT, M.R.C.S. Eng. et L.S.A. Lond. 1831.- February 8, 1885, at Reidsdale, near Braidwood, N. S. W., aged 78.

HEISE, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, M.B. Dub., M. R.C.S.E. 1838.-May 19, 1885, at Sandhurst, Vic.

HIERONS, RICHARD GROSVENOR, Registered in Victoria.-April, 1884, at Raywood, Vic. HOCKIN, GEORGE TREVERNE, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1880; L. et L. Mid. R.C.P. Edin. 1881. -September 19, 1885, at Southport, Qu.

HOGG, Thomas, Surgeon.- January 28, 1885, at Newtown, Sydney, N.S.W., aged 84. HOWE, THOMAS CHARLES, M.B. 1868, M.D. 1869, Toronto, Can.-November 28, 1884, at Glebe Road, Sydney, aged 36.

HUXTABLE, CHARLES HENRY, M.D. 1883, M.B. et Ch. M. 1877, Glas.- February 7, 1886, at Auckland, N.Z.

INGLIS, JAMES, L.R.C.P. et R.C.S. Edin. 1876.-May 10, 1886, at Newcastle, N.S.W. JONES, GRIFFITH JOB, L. R.C.P. Edin 1879; M. R.C.S. Eng. 1880.-June 22, 1884, at Adelaide, S.A., aged 26.

JOSEPH, THOMAS MORGAN, L.R.C.P. Lond. 1868; M. R.C.S. Eng. 1867; late Medical Superintendent of the Asylum for the Insane, Gladesville, Sydney, N.S.W.April 3, 1884, at Oaklands, Builth, South Wales.

KIESER, CÆSAR, M. D. Würzburg, 1841.-April 1885, at Preston, Vic.

KIRKLAND, JOHN DRUMMOND, M.B. 1873, Ch. B. 1879, Melb.-October 22, 1885, at North Carlton, Melbourne.

LANG, THOMAS, L. R. C. S. Edin. 1839.-April 14, 1884, at Hay, N.S.W., aged 74. LEREW, FREDERICK WILLIAM, M.B. et Ch.M. Aberd. 1881; M. R.C.S.E. 1880.October 15, 1885, at Sandhurst, Vic., aged 27.

LIVINGSTON, ANDREW CAIRNCROSS, M.D., L.R. C.S. Edin. 1835; M.D. (a.e.g.) Melb. 1858.-August 9, 1884, at Fitzroy, Melbourne, aged 72.

LLOYD, GEORGE ROBERT, L. et L. Mid. R.C.S. et L.R.C.P. Edin. 1862.—January 5, 1885, at Normanton, Qu., aged 45.

LOVETT, HENRY ALBERT, M.R. C.S. Eng. 1875.-July 29, 1885, at Swansea, Tas. LOW, JOHN ROBERT, M. R.C.S. Eng. 1853.-February 5, 1884, at Sydney, N.S.W., aged 68.

MCCANN, JOHN, L.A. H. Dub. 1855; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1858; L.S.A. Lond. 1859.-In 1885, at Sandhurst, Vic.

MCCLINTOCK, CHARLES, L. R.C.S. Irel. 1872; L.R.C.P. et F.R.C.S. Edin. 1880.October 28, 1885, at Richmond, N. S. W.

MACDONALD, Hugh, M.D. et Ch. M. Glas. 1863.-January 1886, at Lyttelton, N.Z. MACDONOGH, PATRICK, L. R.C.P. et R.C.S. Edin. 1880.-In 1883, at Havelock, Prov. Marlboro', N.Z.

MCGRATH, THOMAS, M.D. McGill C., Montreal, 1849.-March 27, 1883, at Castlemaine, Vic.

MCINTYRE, ANDREW, L. 1853, F. 1875, F. P.S. Glas., of North Adelaide.-October 26, 1883, at Glasgow, Scotland.

MACKIN, CHARLES TRAVERS, M.D. Glas.; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1840; L.A.H. Dub. 1841; L.S.A. Lond. 1851.—July 6, 1884, at Geelong, Vic.

MACKINTOSH, HUGH, L.R.C.S. Irel. 1875.-March 6, 1885, at St. Arnaud, Vic., aged 38.

MCLAURIN, JOHN, L.F.P. 1862, S. 1863, Glas.; M. D. Glas. 1871.-July 25, 1884, at Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic., aged 47.

MACLEAN, LACHLAN HECTOR JOHN, M.D. Heidelbg.; M.R.C.S.E. 1852, M. R.C.P. Lond. 1880.-October 10, 1884, at Liverpool, N.S.W., aged 56.

MACNISH, JAMES JOHNSTONE, M.D. Glas. 1849.-May 16, 1886, at Paddington, Sydney, N.S.W., aged 71.

MALCOLM, JAMES BURN, L.F.P.S. Glas. 1852.—August 20, 1885, at Castlemaine, Vic. MALCOLMSON, RICHARD, L. et L. Mid. R. C. P. et R.C.S. Edin. 1869, L.A.H. Dub. 1867.-August 8, 1885, at Port Melbourne, Vic.

MAXWELL, PETER, M.D. Edin., L. et L. Mid. R.C.S. Eng. 1862.-In May, 1884, at Melbourne, Vic.

MOORE, ROBERT WATERS, M.R.C.S.E. 1842.- December 6, 1884, at Adelaide, S.A., aged 65.

MORGAN, THOMAS CECIL, L. R.C.P. Edin. 1857; M.K.Q.C.P. Irel. 1857.—November 24, 1885, at Summerhill, near Sydney, aged 49.

MORIER, WILLIAM JOHN, M.B. et Ch. M. 1866, M.D. 1874, Glas.-In 1885, at Morphett Vale, S.A.

MORTON, JAMES CLARKE, L. et L. Mid. F.P.S. Glas.-May 6, 1886, at Footscray, Vic., aged 38.

MOTHERWELL, JAMES BRIDGEHAM, M.D. Glas. 1841; L. R.C.S. Irel. 1836.-April 12, 1886, at Melbourne, aged 71.

MOTLEY, CHARLES, Registered in New Zealand.-In 1885, at Lyttleton, N.Z. MULLEN, JOHN NELSON, M.B. et Ch.B. Melb. 1881.-October 20, 1885, at Penhurst, Vic., aged 29.

MURRAY, WALTER GALBRAITH, M. B. et Ch.M. Edin. 1881.-March 1, 1884, at Tambo, Qu.

M

MUSTARDE, JAMES M'KAY, L.R. C.S. Ed. 1831.-September 12, 1885, at Millicent, S.A. NASH, ANDREW, L. et L. Mid. A. H. Dub. 1857; L.R.C.P. Lond. 1864; L. 1864, L. Mid. 1874, P.S. Glas.-November 20, 1885, at Wallsend, N.S.W., aged 51. O'REILLY, WALTER LE CROIX, M.D. New York Med. Coll. 1851.-March 11, 1885, at Sydney, aged 60.

PAGE, WILLIAM HENRY, L.R.C.P. Lond. 1876; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1876, late of Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.-In 1884.

PALMER, WILLIAM HALL, M. D. Edin. 1829; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1830.-December 10, 1884, at Sydney, aged 81.

PATTULLO, WILLIAM, M.B. et Ch. M. Glasg. 1882.-March 13, 1886, at Na Durulolo, Fiji. PIERCE, WALTER CHARLES, L.A.H. Dub. 1829; L.R.C.S. Irel. 1840.—August 21, 1885, at Dunolly, Vic., aged 83.

POUNDS, JAMES BAKER, L.A.H. Dub. 1836.-March, 1884, at East Melbourne, Vic. POWER, JOHN JOSEPH, M.R.C.S. Eng., L. Mid. K.Q.C.P. Irel. 1869.-March 5, 1886, at Gympie, Qu.

PRING, JOHN WALDO, L.S.A. Lond. 1839.-In 1884, at Circular Head, Tas.

RAE, WILLIAM, L.R.C.S. Edin. 1857.-February 24, 1885, at Bacchus Marsh, Vic., aged 50. RAMSAY, WILSON, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1839.-July 15, 1885, at Gulgong. N.S.W., aged 68. RENWICK, GEORGE JAMES, B.A. Syd., M.B. et Ch.M. Edin. 1881.--May 21, 1885, at Redfern, Sydney, aged 27.

RICHMOND, VALENTINE BAKER WEBB, M.R.C.S.E. 1824.-In 1885, at Brighton, Vic. RIMINGTON, ROBERT RICHARD, M.B. et Ch.B. Melb. 1883.-May 9, 1885, at North Fitzroy, Melbourne, aged 29.

ROCKETT, JOSEPH HELDRETH, M.D. Edin. 1865; L. et L. Mid. R.C.P. et R.C.S.
Edin. 1864.-October 10, 1883, at Longford, Tas.

ROGERS, CHARLES EDWARD HERON, L.R.C.P. Lond. 1868; M. et L. Mid. R.C.S.
Eng. 1864; L.S.A. Lond. 1865.-October 21, 1884, at Mudgee, N.S.W.
ROGERS, WILLIAM, M.B. et Ch. M. Glas. 1869.-In 1884, at Nelson, N.Z.
ROSS, ANGUS, M.D. Univ. Penn. U.S.A. 1876.-In 1885, at Pukekohe, N.Z.
ROUSE, JOHN THOMAS, L.S.A. Lond. 1856.-In 1884, at Lyttelton, N.Z.
RYLEY, JOHN RUTHERFORD, M.R. C. S. Eng. 1862; L. 1862, F. 1867, R.C.S. Edin.;
L.R.C.P.Edin. 1879; M.D. Penn. 1879.—March 3, 1884, at Sydney, N.S.W., aged 46.
SHARPE, CHARLES EDWARD, L.R.C.P. et R.C.S. Edin. 1874.-January 9, 1886, at
Georgetown, Qu.

SHAW, FOSTER, L. R.C.S. Irel. 1832.-November 10, 1883, at Geelong, Vic., aged 74.
SHRAPNEL, JOSEPH NEEDHAM SCROPE, M.R.C. S. Eng. 1864; L.S.A. Lond. 1863.-
July 24, 1885, at Brisbane, Qu., aged 47.

SINCLAIR, WILLIAM JAMES, M.B. et Ch. M. Edin.-In September 1883, at New Plymouth, N.Z.

SMITH, JOHN, M.D., LL.D., C.M.G., M.L.C.-October 12, 1885, at Sydney, aged 63. SPELLINI, GASPARE, M. D. et Ch. D. Pavia, 1878.-December 17, 1885, at Sydney, N.S.W. STILWELL, CHARLES, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1830.-May 9, 1886, at Sandhurst, Vic., aged 80. STOKES, HENRY GEORGE, L. R.C.P. Edin. 1882; L.R.C.S. Irel. 1878.—November 1, 1885, at Cooma, N.S.W.

STORY, GEORGE FORDYCE, M. D. Edin. 1824.—June 7, 1885, at Swanport, Tas., aged 85. THORPE, HENRY STANLEY, M. R. C.S. Eng. 1879; L.S.A. Lond., 1877.-In 1885, at Reefton, N.Z.

TORRANCE, JAMES HALDEN, M.D. et Ch.M. Glas. 1864.-In 1884, at Onehunga, Prov. Auckland, N.Z.

TUCK, JOHN, M.R.C.S. E.; L.S.A. Lond. 1868.-February 1885, at Tambo, Qu. TURNOUR, CHARLES CHAD, M.R.C.S. Eng. 1875; L. et L. Mid. R.C.P. Ed. 1879.— July 1, 1885, at Guildford, W.A.

WARREN, BENJAMIN K., L.R.C.S. Irel. 1858.-July 11, 1884, at Bright, Vic., aged 44. WEST, ARTHUR ANNESLEY, M.B. 1869, M. D. et Ch.M. 1877, Dub.; F.R.C.S. Irel. 1877; L. Mid. Coombe's Lying-in Hosp. Dub., 1869. - June 28, 1885, at Ermington, near Sydney, aged 37.

WILKIE, DAVID ELLIOTT, M.D. Edin. 1836; L. R.C.S. Edin. 1838; M.D. (a.e.g.) Melb. 1866, of Melbourne, Vic.-April 2, 1885, at Paris, aged 70.

WILKIN, JAMES, L.R. C. S. Edin.-In 1885, at Havelock, Marlborough, N.Z. WILKINSON, FREDERICK B. ST. GEORGE, M.R.C.S.E. 1848.-In September, 1883, at Torquay, Tas.

WILSON, THOMAS EPPS, M.D. Bellevue Hosp. Med. Coll. U.S.A. 1874.-February, 1885, at Merriwa, N.S. W.

YOUNG, ALEXANDER, M. D. et Ch.M. 1871; L. Mid. 1872 Qu. Univ. Irel.-October 22, 1885, at Auckland, N.Z.

THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES.

AUSTRALIA.

Australia is a compact mass of land, lying between lat. 10° and 39° S., and long. 113° and 154° E., having the Indian Ocean on the N. and W., the Pacific on the E., and the Southern Ocean on the S., and, though entirely surrounded by water, it is termed a continent. It is 2,500 miles long from E. to W. on the parallel of 25° S., and 2,000 miles in extreme breadth from N. to S. The area is 2,944,628 square miles, and the coast line about 8,000 miles. Australia is divided into the following five colonies, viz. :— New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. The population is 2,714,000. The area of all the Australasian Colonies (exclusive Fiji) is 3,161,389 square miles, and the estimated population, 3,440,000.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

New South Wales is bounded on the North by Queensland, on the West by South Australia, on the South by Victoria, and on the East by the Pacific Ocean. The extreme latitudes are 28° 10′ and 37° 20′ S., and the extreme longitudes 141° and 153° 40' E. It contains an area of 310,700 square miles, and a population of 1,000,000. Its metropolis is Sydney, and the other chief towns are-Newcastle, Maitland, Bathurst, Goulburn, Albury and Parramatta.

QUEENSLAND.

Queensland forms the North-Eastern portion of the Australian Continent. It lies between lat. 29° and 10° 45′ S., and long. 138° and 153° 30′ E. The Pacific, Torres Straits, and Gulf of Carpentaria form the Northern boundary; the Southern boundary is formed by New South Wales and South Australia; on the West it is bounded by South Australia, and on the East by the Pacific Ocean. It contains an area of 668,497 square miles, with a population of 340,000. Brisbane is the metropolis, and the other chief towns are-Ipswich, Rockhampton, Gympie, Townsville, and Maryborough.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

South Australia embraces the whole central portion of the Continent. From the Great Bight to lat. 26° S. it lies between long. 129° to 141° E., and from lat. 26° S. to the Gulf of Carpentaria, between long. 129° to 138° E. It is thus bounded on the North and South by the Ocean, on the West by Western Australia, and on the East by Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. It contains an area of 903,690 square miles, and a population of 325,000. Its metropolis is Adelaide, and the other principal towns are-Port Adelaide, Glenelg, Kooringa, Mount Gambier, and Kapunda.

VICTORIA.

Victoria is the smallest division of Australia, and forms the extreme S.E. part of the Continent. It extends from lat. 34° to 39° S., and from long. 141° to 150° E. It is bounded on the North by the river Murray, which divides it from New South Wales, on the East by the Pacific, on the South by Bass' Straits, and on the West by the meridian of 141° E., which divides it from South Australia. It contains an area of 87,884 square miles, and a population of 1,012,000. Melbourne is its metropolis, and the other chief towns are-Ballarat, Sandhurst, Geelong, Stawell, Clunes, Echuca, Warrnambool, Maryborough, Kyneton, Hamilton, Ararat, and Beechworth.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

Western Australia is formed by that portion of the continent situated to the West of long. 129° E., which divides it from South Australia; on all the other sides it is bounded by the ocean. It lies between lat. 13° 44′ and 35° S., and long. 129° to 113° E. It contains an area of about 1,060,000 square miles, and a population of 37,000. Perth is the metropolis, and the other chief towns are - Fremantle, York, Albany, and Geraldton.