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ready to start at a moment's notice, having on 

 board two of the Commissioners and Mr. Eams- 

 bottom ; and at 1 a.m. on the following morning 

 safely reached the wharf at New Norfolk, where 

 the barge, with its invaluable cargo, was securely 

 moored, and carefully guarded until daylight 

 appeared. 



As soon as it was known that the Ova had 

 reached New Norfolk, gentlemen residing in the 

 Town and its vicinity vied with each other in their 

 offers of assistance by their Servants and Teams. 

 At an early hour the barge was towed from the 

 Steam Wharf to the place of debarkation at the 

 Falls, where from 40 to 50 bearers and ten horse 

 teams were waiting to take a part in the transport 

 of the Ova and Ice to the banks of the Plenty. 



Five of the large cases of Ova were, without loss 

 of time, landed from the barge ; and being slung 

 on bamboos, for which they had been prepared in 

 Melbourne, they were placed on the shoulders of 

 the men selected to carry them, and were, in a 

 space of little more than two hours, safely and 

 without the slightest accident deposited on the 

 margin of their new home. In like manner, and 

 with the same success, the remainder of the cases 

 were brought up from the barge, five at a later 

 period of the same day, and the remaining one 

 early on the following morning. 



