ANTHONY JAMES CUMMING, GOVERNMENT PRINTER.
1909.
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Transcriber's Note:
Missing or damaged punctuation has beed repaired.
L.s., locus sigilli ( = the place of the seal).
The mid-dot, usual for the period, was used for decimals, and where used, has
been retained.
Part of the text of Map 8 was on the next page after 2 pages of maps, and has
been moved to join the beginning of the map 8 text, for better flow.
The Barwan River, described in the Proclamation in the Government Gazette, and under Queensland (Map 9) is now known as the Barwon
River.
Illustrations (photographs) through the book appear facing every 4th or 8th
page. Where a photograph intersects a paragraph of text, it has been moved to
the end of the next (or preceding) paragraph.
Page 27: 'freetrade' corrected to 'free trade' "... the enhanced prosperity resulting from interstate free trade." Page 69: 'arrear', archaic, but probably correct in 1909. "... unoccupied land might be leased for fourteen years by a council when rates had been permitted to fall into arrear for a term of four years." (Webster's Dictionary, 1913 Edition). Page 207: Mining: 1872: Gold raised in Queensland: £537,365 The first '3' could be '2'. The scan is smudged and unclear. Page 229: 'Mount Cornish, No. 3'. The '3' may be a '5'. The scan is smudged and unclear. Page 237: Brisbane, mean summer temperature, '76.0' could be '73.0' or '75.0'. This is a 'best guess'; the scan is smudged and unclear, and part of the number is missing. '76.0' has been selected after a careful comparison of the '6' with nearby numbers. 76.0°F is also closest to the current Brisbane mean summer temperature of 24.8°C, or 76.6°F, and in the same chart, the current Brisbane mean winter temperature of 15.6°C, or 60°F is the same as that given in this 1909 book (60°F). Page 243: 'acessible' corrected to 'accessible' "... by which it was to be made accessible to "all our young people without regard to...." The corrections and explanations listed above are also indicated in the text by a dashed line at the appropriate place: Move the mouse over the word, and the original text, or explanation, appears. |