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remuneration for the important service which they 

 undertook to perform, desiring only that it might 

 be accepted by the Australasian Colonies as a proof 

 of the interest which they took in the welfare and 

 advancement of these rising communities. 



When Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons first 

 intimated their intention of making no charge for 

 the conveyance of the Ova by the Norfolk, Mr. 

 Youl had, in a truly liberal and patriotic spirit, 

 undertaken to pay them One Hundred Guineas 

 from his own pocket, if they should think fit to 

 receive it, as some remuneration for the occupa- 

 tion of a twentieth part of their noble ship. Of 

 this offer, however, these gentleman ultimately 

 declined to avail themselves, desiring that the 

 service should be entirely gratuitous. From copies 

 of the letters that passed between Mr. Youl and the 

 owners of the Norfolk, given in the Appendix to 

 this Eeport, the character of this transaction, 

 which reflects much credit on them both, will be 

 fully understood by your Excellency. 



A space measuring fully 50 tons, equal to a 

 twentieth part of the whole tonnage of the Norfolk, 

 was thus gratuitously dedicated to the service of 

 the undertaking by her public-spirited owners. 



But the value of the service is not to be measured 

 by the mere extent of tonnage occupied for the 

 purposes of this great experiment. 



