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HE, named, traversed and sketched by me in 1879-80, is still only known to geography through (i) my sketch-map (which appears to have been seriously misinterpreted by the Survey Office) and (2) the wheel-and-compass surveys of MR. J. T. EMBLEY, Licensed Surveyor. (SEE MAP C.) The latter in 1884-5 denned the position and course of Sefton Creek and the head of the Batavia River aud of Geikie Creek, one of the heads of the Archer River. Between the Batavia River and Geikie Creek, approximately on the meridian of 143 16' E. long., a north-and-south line was run from 13 8' to 13 22' S. lat., to connect the river with the creek, and a few miles to the west of this line, some further lines were drawn in connection with the survey of "Bald Hill" and "Bald Hill, No. I" pastoral holdings.

My original sketch-map was not published with the official