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Professor Henry E. Armstrong 



[Feb. ly, 



privately, which gave us the opportunity we so ranch desired of 

 coming into intimate contact with residents ; the hospitality afforded 

 us by the chief clubs is also to be mentioned with particular grati- 

 tude, as in these circles especially we were often brought into direct 

 contact with the informed members of the business and professional 

 •community in the various cities. A mass of most valuable literature 

 was placed at our disposal officially. 



To convey us from Adelaide to Melbourne, a distance of 482 



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Fig. 4, — Eailway Map. 



miles, three trains were provided, on which there was " sleeping " 

 accommodation for all. We left Melbourne for Sydney, a distance of 

 583 miles, in one train, then changed at the State boundary, where 

 the gauge is broken, into three in which we passed the night in com- 

 fort. Two trains sufficed to convey the diminished party which 

 travelled from Sydney to Brisbane, a distance of 725 miles ; in this 

 journey also we changed trains at the State boundary. 



These breaks of gauge are the one blot on the railway system of 



