XXVIII. H. D. WALSH. 
evidence given before the Select Committee. Schemes 
were advocated by the following gentlemen, Messrs. H. O. 
Moriarty, the thea Hngineer-in-Chief to the Public Works 
Department; Norman Selfe; J. Musson and Company and 
Thomas Woore. It is apparent from some of the state- 
ments made, that while the several schemes advocated by 
these gentlemen appeared at the time unduly extensive 
and costly, the enormous shipping developments that were 
shortly to follow, were more nearly anticipated by Mr. 
Selfe than by any of his contemporaries. Mr. Moriarty 
for instance, when giving evidence before the Committee 
said:—‘‘On the western side of the Circular Quay there 
will be also two berths for vessels of that length (viz., 380 
feet) opposite the Commissiarat Stores; so that by this 
arrangement we can have four berths capable of taking in 
the largest ships that have ever visited this port or are 
likely to visit it.”’ Mr. Selfe, who appeared to stand alone 
in his opinions, advocated larger berths sufficient if neces- 
sary, to berth the “Great Eastern’”’ should she come 
here.’’ It will thus be seen that very few engineers or 
persons interested in shipping, even at so late a date as 
1874, appeared to realize the vast increase which within a 
very few years was to take place in shipping, or the 
necessity for making adequate provision for its accommo- 
dation. 
In the year 1877 the arrival of the ‘‘ Lusitania,’’ the first 
Orient steamer, commenced a second era in the shipping 
history of the Port of Sydney. From this year the growth 
in the size of the vessels coming here became more and more 
rapid. The “‘Lusitania’’ was followed by the other larger 
Orient, P. and O, and German liners, the largest of which 
did not far exceed 6,000 tons. The arrival in 1897 of the 
Norddeutscher Lloyd’s steamer ‘‘ Barbarossa’’ of 10,800 
tons, was a great advance, and marked another step in the 
