Towns.—Path, the capital, is situated on the right side of the textuary of tho Swan River, near its junction with the Canning. The population is small; the town is however improving, but the houses are scattered over a large area. A bridge has been built across the Canning, another over the Swan, and there is a new jail. Fremantle is on the opposite aide of the Swan River restuary, a few miles lower down. It is the seat of the convict establishment, and there is a jail. A lighthouse has been erected upon Arthur's Head, a promontory in front of the town. There is a jetty for the convenience of the port. Albany is a port-town, in the south-eastern part of the colony, in King George'e Sound. It has a jail, and some trade in timber. Augusta is a small port on the eastern side of Cape Leenwin, on the textuary of the Blackwood River. Banbury is the port town of a district formerly called Australind, of which a small village still retains the name. The harbour of Port Leschenhault, upon which it ataods, is a good and large one, but it has little commerce. Geraldton
is an inland town on the Murchison River, founded in consequence of the commencement of the working of lead-mines there by a company. Guildford is a small inland town, a few miles east of Perth. Northam is a small inland town, in an agricultural district, east of the Darling Range, on the river Mortlock, and is about 60 miles in a direct line E.N.E. from Perth. Rockingham is on Cockburn Sound, and has a good port, and some trade. Toodyay is an inland town, about 20 miles N.W. from Northam, and about 50 miles N.E. from Perth, upon the river Toodyay, which pierces the Darling Range, and falls into the Melville Water, but is not navigable. Vane is a small port on Vasse Inlet, in the centre of Geographe Bay, about 20 miles S.S.W. from Bunhury, about 50 miles S. from Vasse, across a fine country, form ing the promontory bonaded by Cape Leenwin and Cape Naturaliste. Other small towns of little importance are named York, Picton, Clarence, and Waterloo.