27 The type locality of Austrobaileya, a plant I particularly want to get, is at Boonjie, on the edge of the Bartle Frere Park. There are no national parks on any part of the mainland of Cape York. Atherton, A. R. Trist will write Owens, District Forester, and Eyers of Mareeba, instructing them to assist us. Dawson has seen the marsupial tiger - near Atherton. It was walking along a log, in rain forest, in daylight. Heavily built, body about 2 feet long, front legs shorter than hind, weight perhaps 40 pounds. Thought it was a dog on first sight. Should judge Dawson thoroughly reliable. Called again on Whitehouse at the University, and met Dr. Bryan (head of Geology Dept.), Dr. Hill (Woman), and Mr. Jones, of the faculty, at the usual afternoon tea. Whitehouse had been away on a field trip and had not finished sorting his air photos of Cape York Peninsula. Had hundreds of them spread on tables in a lecture room. Gave me 21 duplicate prints of very instructive shots showing character of country and vegetation. Will have prints made of perhaps #30 more selected by me, and present them to us. These are Australian Air Force photos. Also got from Whitehouse a colored regional map of the Peninsula, prepared during the war, and showing regions tagged according to soil, contour and vegetation. This may and his Reconnaissance report to the Army were done in 6 weeks of work and are not claimed to be more than very roughly accurate. Amongst mails at White's office were letters from Marie, George Tate, and E. Deverell, owner of the launch "Seabird" at Innisfall, Deverell offers information on boats we could hire for Cape York. George wrote from Mirrabooka (562 miles), Western Railway. Country dry and mammals hard to get out there. Expected to arrive in Dalby and go out to the Bunya Mts. on the 15th and get back to Brisbane about the 21st. Wanted to visit the Canarvon Range too, but time too short for that. Tuesday Jan. 20: Business day began with a call at the Bank of N.S.W. on personal business. Then to the offices of the Queensland Main Roads Commission to call on J. E. England, Secretary, who answered some of our early inquiries on Cape York through the Aust. Consulate-General in New York. Nice old boy whose daughter, a graduate biology student at Queensland University, is specializing in marsupiology. (That's a new ology to me). Took up with England the matter of gasoline for our Cape York work. The Liquid Fuel Control Board, handling gas rationing, is staffed by executives seconded from the Main Roads Commission. Did not have much idea how much gas to ask for, for use in our hired vehicles, but when England suggested 150 gallons a month I allowed that ought to be enough. It will be a liberal allowance. I am to write an official request to the LFBC for that quantity; the ticket to be forwarded to our Cairns agents monthly. We are to return unused ration tickets. After England I saw Kent Kemp, head of the Main Roads Commission. A very experienced and able man who, during the war, was placed in charge of all military construction in Queensland; has visited the U. S. recently to study road problems. (England organized wartime fuel rationing for all Australia). Kemp has been on in- spection tours all over Cape York Peninsula, partly by air. Gave me some useful in- formation on the more southerly parts. Also gave me copy of a fine 1 inch/1 mile map of country between Cooktown and the Daintree River. Map based on RAAF air survey"}