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Lastly, a considerable number of mounted troopers, under Captain Battye, filed in, and their animals also were sources of much admiration on account of the bone and muscle they displayed, and their splendid symmetry. His excellency the governor drove to the ground in his carriage, and was accompanied by the Hon. W. B. Dalley, acting colonial secretary. Captain A. D. Loftus, A.D.C., and Mr. H. A. Unvvin, private secretary. Amongst the other distinguished persons present were the Hon. J. S. Farnell, minister for lands; the Hon. F. A. Wright, minister for works; the Hon. G. R. Dibbs, colonial treasurer; Hon. W. J. Trickett, minister for instruction; the Hon. H. E. Cohen, minister for justice; the Hon. J. Norton, postmaster-general; the Hon. J. P. Abbott, minister for mines; Mr. E. Fosbery, inspector-general of police; Rear-admiral Tyron; General Scratchley, high commissioner for New Guinea; and Sir Edward Strickland. The crowd, which was exceedingly well behaved, was easily kept In order by Inspectors Anderson, Waters, Larkins, Lenthall, Lawless, Cotter, and M'Kay, and about sixty police under their charge.

The day was observed as a public holiday, and from the date on which the offer of the colony had been accepted, to the hour of the departure of the contingent, public enthusiasm had been maintained at its utmost tension. The number of volunteers had reached six times the required strength of the force, and there had been a continuous flow of contributions in money and kind from all quarters, so that the patriotic fund on the 3d of March amounted to ;45,ooo. On the Saturday the troops had been reviewed by Lord Augustus Loftus, the governor, in the presence of 50,000 spectators, and now the streets forming the line of route from the barracks to the Circular Quay, a distance of two miles, were lined by immense numbers of spectators assembled from all parts and forming a dense mass. The troops were escorted by the sailors and marines from the men-of-war, and by all the available local forces, and were accompanied by the governor, the ministers, and the principal officials of the colony. The procession formed an imposing spectacle, and the popular enthusiasm was unbounded, the progress of the contingent being greeted with loud cheers and