Communication to Dr. Shaw from Mr. Frank Gregory, on the Expedition from Perth to theNorth-West of AustraliaAuthor(s): Frank GregorySource: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Vol. 5, No. 3 (1860 - 1861),p. 121Published by: Wiley on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of BritishGeographers)Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1799130 .

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1'RIL 8, 1861.] MEPIORANDA ON N.W. AND N.E. AUSTRALIA. 1'RIL 8, 1861.] MEPIORANDA ON N.W. AND N.E. AUSTRALIA. 121

The Papers read were-- 1. Commuinicatios to DR. SHAW frOWI MR. FR.&NK GREGORY, 04 the

Expedition fwnom Perth to the Nort7z- West of Austratial,.

MR. FRANK GREGORY, on arrivirlt, in West Australia to take com- mand of his expedition, found dificulties in his way. The Imperial Government had granted 2000z. towards its expenses conditionally on an equal sura being raised in the colony. However, the Colonial (;overnment were unwilling to take their share, unless certain modifications were nade in the plan of the expedition, having refer- ence to their especial exgencies. If Mr. Gregory had waited to refer this altered plan to the approbation of the IInperial Government, the season for traarel would be lost long before he could ol)tain an answer. He therefore advanced the 20001. out of his own funds, and applies to the Government in trust that they would authorize3 the change of plan and would repay him. Ee oras on the point of starting, and his Excellency the Governor strongly seconds tir. Gregory's application.

The CHAIRMAN, SIR R. MURCHISON, strongly commended the )roject of Mr. Frank Gregory, and had every hope that the difficulties alluded to would to overcome.

The second Paper read was 2. Memoranda on lMorth-East Australicr, by A. C. GREGORY, F.R.G.S.,

with Report on the Exp7,oring Expedition to the River BurdKekin, by J. NV. SMITH, R.N.

Communicated by SIR G. BOW}:N, F.R.G.S., Governor of Queensland, through the DUKE: of NEWCASTLE, F.R.G.S.

THE despatches from Sir G. Bowen enclose nlemoranda furnished to him, at his request, by Mr. A. G. Gregory, the Surveyor-General of Queensland, in which he describes in detail the capabilities and present condition of the chief positions in that colony. His Excel- lency, speaking of Maryborough, says-

" On the banks of the River Mary, as of all the other rivers of central and northern Queensland, there are vast tracts of country admirably adapted for the growth of cotton, of sugar, and of all other tropical and semi-tropical productions.

" Port Curtis is the best harbour, after that of Sydney, on the eastern coast of Australia. It was here that Mr. Gladstone, when Secretary of State for the Colonies, in 1846, founded a new colony, which was abandoned in the following year by Earl Grey on suc- ceeding; to ofEce. However, in 1854, the Govermnent of New South Wales again formed on the shores of Port Curtis a township which

121 The Papers read were--

1. Commuinicatios to DR. SHAW frOWI MR. FR.&NK GREGORY, 04 the Expedition fwnom Perth to the Nort7z- West of Austratial,.

MR. FRANK GREGORY, on arrivirlt, in West Australia to take com- mand of his expedition, found dificulties in his way. The Imperial Government had granted 2000z. towards its expenses conditionally on an equal sura being raised in the colony. However, the Colonial (;overnment were unwilling to take their share, unless certain modifications were nade in the plan of the expedition, having refer- ence to their especial exgencies. If Mr. Gregory had waited to refer this altered plan to the approbation of the IInperial Government, the season for traarel would be lost long before he could ol)tain an answer. He therefore advanced the 20001. out of his own funds, and applies to the Government in trust that they would authorize3 the change of plan and would repay him. Ee oras on the point of starting, and his Excellency the Governor strongly seconds tir. Gregory's application.

The CHAIRMAN, SIR R. MURCHISON, strongly commended the )roject of Mr. Frank Gregory, and had every hope that the difficulties alluded to would to overcome.

The second Paper read was 2. Memoranda on lMorth-East Australicr, by A. C. GREGORY, F.R.G.S.,

with Report on the Exp7,oring Expedition to the River BurdKekin, by J. NV. SMITH, R.N.

Communicated by SIR G. BOW}:N, F.R.G.S., Governor of Queensland, through the DUKE: of NEWCASTLE, F.R.G.S.

THE despatches from Sir G. Bowen enclose nlemoranda furnished to him, at his request, by Mr. A. G. Gregory, the Surveyor-General of Queensland, in which he describes in detail the capabilities and present condition of the chief positions in that colony. His Excel- lency, speaking of Maryborough, says-

" On the banks of the River Mary, as of all the other rivers of central and northern Queensland, there are vast tracts of country admirably adapted for the growth of cotton, of sugar, and of all other tropical and semi-tropical productions.

" Port Curtis is the best harbour, after that of Sydney, on the eastern coast of Australia. It was here that Mr. Gladstone, when Secretary of State for the Colonies, in 1846, founded a new colony, which was abandoned in the following year by Earl Grey on suc- ceeding; to ofEce. However, in 1854, the Govermnent of New South Wales again formed on the shores of Port Curtis a township which

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