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Mr. Duthie said he was much pleased to give the infor- 

 mation, and would report our visit to the Congested Districts 

 Board, who, he was assured, would be pleased to hear of our 

 satisfaction with the way everything was carried out. These 

 things must appear as great results when the previous 

 conditions are studied, and show how a paternal Government 

 can direct and foster the latent energies of a people too long 

 neglected. 



We have heard of the young population being driven out 

 of the country and emigrating to America ; and here the 

 inspector said that too many when they found themselves 

 possessed of twenty pounds in cash would turn their thoughts 

 westwards, leaving the reality of the golden harvest of their 

 native sea for the visionary hopes born of enchantment lent 

 by distance. However, our friend hoped that continuous 

 success and its attendant comforts would soon produce far 

 different results. It was little wonder that such a deep-rooted 

 interest in the country and its people as this gentleman 

 possesses drew so many expressions of appreciation from the 

 members of the Club, as in the evening they conversed under 

 the verandah of the hotel and compared notes of a visit not 

 easily to be forgotten. 



After lunch, cars were taken up the promontory to the 

 lonely Bay of Tranarossan with its kitchen-middens, where 



(.s) Pocket of wind shells, collected on a hardened layer 

 from dunes (d) undergoing erosion. 



some interesting articles of bronze and bone have been 

 recently found. 



Some members picked up a flint arrow-head, a few bone 



