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The opportunity of recording a second time the services 
rendered to the colony by Captain Sturt, is as gratifying to 
the government which directed the undertaking, as it is 
creditable to the individual who so successfully conducted 
it to its termination. — It is an additional cause of satisfac- 
tion to find, that every one, according to his sphere of 
action, has a claim to a proportionate degree of applause. 
All were exposed alike to the same privations and fatigue, 
and every one submitted with patience, manifesting- the 
most anxious desire for the success of the expedition. The 
zeal of Mr. George M‘Leay, the companion of Captain 
Sturt, when example was so important, could not fail to 
have the most salutary effect ; and the obedience, steadi- 
ness, and good conduct of the men employed, merit the 
highest praise. 
By his Excellency’s command, 
Alexander M'Leay. 
Banks of the Morurnbidgee, April 20th, 1830. 
g IK) — The departure of Mr. George M'Leay for Syd- 
ney, who is anxious to proceed homewards as speedily as 
possible, affords me an earlier opportunity than would 
otherwise have presented itself, by which to make you ac- 
quainted with the circumstance of my return, under the 
divine protection, to the located districts; and I do myself 
the honour of annexing a brief account of my proceedings 
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