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ductivc. Little settlement has taken place; p.
uudiT 700.

Queen Charlotte Sound, on the western
coast of British Columbia, Canada, separates
Vancouver Island from the mainland.

Queen Conch, the name in Florida and the
British West Indies for the large helmet shell
(Cassis ctnuco) which is most used for cutting
cameos.

Queen-Consort. In Great Britain the wife
of the king remnant is in all respects subject
to the ordinary laws which affect other sub-
jects.

Queen Fish, a small fish (Scripints politns)
of the drunifish family (Scivnida), numerous
along the sandy coast of Southern California,
and highly esteemed as a food.

Queen of the Meadow, a populai name for
Spirant tdmaria. See MKAHOW SWKKT.

Queens, one of the boroughs of the city of
New York. It includes the former Long
Island City and the former towns of Jamaica,
Flushing, and Ncwtown, with districts pre-
viously included in the towns of Hempstcad,
Far Kockaway, and Rockaway Beach. It be-
came a borough on Jan. r, i.S<)<S. It covers an
area of 117.39 sq. m., and has 0.93 acres of
public parks. Jt is connected with Manhattan
at Fifty-ninth Street by the Queensboro
bridge; i>> !,~»o7As*l- Sec Nicw YORK CITY.

Queensberry, Earls of. The title Karl of
Qucensberry was bestowed in 1633 by Charles'
T. on Sir William Douglas (cl. 1640) of Drum-
lanrig, Dumfriesshire, descended from Sir
William Douglas, a natural son of James,
second Karl of Douglas, slain at Ollerburn.

Queensberry, John Sholto Douglas,
Eighth Marquis of (1844-1000), English
sportsman, was an authority on the priw ring,
and the author of the 'Queensbcrry Rules* of
boxing.

Queensbury, or Queenshead, urban dis-
trict and town, West Kiding, Yorkshire, Kng-
land; 4 m. n, of Halifax. Jt IUIB stone quarries
and eoui mines, and shares in the manufactur-
ing industries of Halifax; p. 6,125,

Queenscliff, watering place, Victoria,
Australia, at entrance to Port Philip; 32 m.
s.w. of Melbourne; p. 2,000,

Queen's Counsel* See King's Counsel.

Queen's County, inland county, Leinster
province, Ireland. There are several ancient
remains. -Agriculture and dairying arc the
chic! industries. Area, 664 sq. m.; p. 5T»54°-

Queensland, the northeast state of the
Commonwealth of Australia. Queensland is
separated into two areas by the Dividing
Range, which follows the coast line at from 10

to 300 m. The country between the Dividing
Range and the coast consists of alluvial areas
and fertile river vzil leys. West of the Range the
country is smooth, rolling downs, covered
with rich pasture. Queensland is rich in min-
erals. Gold, silver, lead, tin, and copper are
found in the eastern slopes, and opal in the in-
terior. The climate during the winter months
is mild, and is likened to that of Madeira; the
summer months arc hot. The average yearly
rainfall is alxmt 60 inches on the southern
seaboard. In the tropical regions of the n. the
rainfall is heavy. The interior plains fatten
stock; the rich soils of the coast belt grow
sugar, coffee, and fruits; and on the Darling
Downs cereals flourish and dairying is success-
ful The most pronounced vegetable type is
the eucalyptus, which furnishes excellent hard
woods. Next in importance to mining comes
the pastoral industry—wool, frozen meat,
tallow, butter, hides, and skins. Other indus-
tries include pearl fisheries at Thursday Island,
fruit and sugar production, distilleries, viti-
culture, tanning, printing, and boat-building.
The chief cities arc Brisbane, the capita!3
Maryborough, Bundaberg, Gladstone, and
Rockhampton. The administration consists of
the governor, appointed by the crown, and an
executive council. There is one House of
Parliament, the Legislative Assembly, an
elective body of 72 members. Equal suffrage
prevails. The coast of Queensland was
visited by Captain Cook in 1770, but the first
settlement was a British penal colony in 1825.
The territory (Moreton Bay District) was
opened to free settlement in 1842. Tn 1859 it
was set oil from New South Wales as the
Quecnstown colony, and in 1901, with the
other colonies, it formed the new Common-
wealth of Australia; p. 1,016,000.

Queenston, village, Ontario, Canada;
6 m. n. of Niagara Falls. The Americans occu-
pied the heights during the night of Oct. 12,
i8i2} but the place was retaken by the British
the next day. A monument 185 ft. in height
commemorates the victory of General Brock,
the British leader; p. about 200.

Queemtown, now Cobh, seaport, Irish
Free State, in County Cork, on the south side
of Great Island in Cork Harbor. It is a port of
call for United States mail steamers; p. 8,000.

Quelpaert, or Tamara, island, s.w. of
Korea, about 40 m. long, and 10 to 20 m.
broad; p. about 100,000.

Quercia, Jacopo della (?I374-1438), Itali-
an sculptor, was Ixjrn in Quercia, near Siena.
He was one of the first to show that a near
approach to nature is possible in sculpture,