. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . in addition to that of Bairns-dale, without any additional salary. In 1899 he w^as promoted to the positionof District Surveyor for Gippsland district, which extends from the MorwellBi^er on the west to Cape Howe on the eaf?t. and the New Soitth AVale
. The Land of the Lyre bird; a story of early settlement in the great forest of south Gippsland. Being a description of the Big Scrub in its virgin state with its birds and animals, and of the adventures and hardship of its early explorers and prospectors; also accounts by the settlers of the clearing, settlement, and development of the country . in addition to that of Bairns-dale, without any additional salary. In 1899 he w^as promoted to the positionof District Surveyor for Gippsland district, which extends from the MorwellBi^er on the west to Cape Howe on the eaf?t. and the New Soitth AValesborder on the north. He was Chairman of the Land Classification Board,Commissioner for taking affidavits, Classifier under the Land Tax Act,and several other offices. Mr. Lardner is in good health, and, as a veryexcellent citizen, has helped forward many a movement, and we hope hewill contimie to do so. Of such stuff were the pioneers made, and it is withthe utmost disgust that we hear some of the present generation hooting atmen who are retired on an allowance, sometimes beggarly in its nature,,when we haAe it in mind that these men have encotmtered and conquereddifficitlties which young men who consider themselves something in thesedavs would not dare to face. Early Coal Exploration in Gippsland. M^. REGINALD A F. MURRAY, The following reiiuniscences in connection Aviththe above subject are mainly of a personal characteror within my actual knowledge: but as my associa-tion with coal exploration only commenced earl} inIsTo a few outlines of what liad been done pre-viously may serve as a useful introduction:— Earl} history of Victorian Exploration has itthat llume and Hovell, the hrst pioneers to crossthe Murray, made their way down to the coast inthe neighbourhood of Cape Patterson, some 16miles eastward of AVesternport, and there saw theoutcropping coal seams exposed in natural sectionbetween their containing rock-layers on the seamargin. Be this a
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