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About tradesmen, merchants, and officials there was a sublimely 

 deliberate slowness, as amusing to the idle man as it was 

 tantalizing to the busy one. The number of holidays was as 

 phenomenal as the shortness of office hours. I had come 

 expressly from England to interview the Attorney-General and 



NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS IN VICTORIA. 

 Small house in foreground is the old office of the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. 



the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works anent my con- 

 cessions. Well do I remember my experiences. My first visit 



to the Honourable Mr. X , one of these officials, occurred on the 



29th June. As the office hours were from ten to four, I thought 

 eleven o'clock would be a suitable hour. On reaching the funny 

 old Government Buildings, Japanese cottage-like erections of very 



