will grow, and the analyses of the spoil, and talking of salt would not alter my convictions under the circumstances. What more than all impresses one is that the older settlers are the most enthusiastic in their appreciation of the district. That would not be so if year after year they were met with natural disappointments. 1107. Mr O'Brien has made a statement to us that in his report he dealt with an area which was well within the 12in. to 25in. rainfall, and that the graphs which were attached to his report show clearly the rainfall in each month, and the map show each inch of rainfall from 25in. at Esperance to the north boundary of the area classified. Those graphs are not procurable? — That is another evidence of carelessness; I cannot tell what has become of them. They were not within my charge or keep. 1108. So far as we know they were last heard of in the Premier's office? — They may have taken there for examination and report, but I question whether they would stop there; they would be returned to their proper custody. 1109. By Mr. PADBURY: Where would that be? — The Agricultural Department. 1110. By the CHAIRMAN: We have tried there? — There might be some confusion owing to the fact that Mr. O'Brien was really connected with the Mines Department — Water Supply — and his first investigation, the uppermost idea in the work, was testing the assertion made that the land would not hold water, that dams could not be constructed, that it was a waterless district, and if there was rainfall it would not benefit the vegetation because of the porous nature of the soil.