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Lord Brassey said: 'Your Chairman did not give me any information as to the kind of subject which I should address you on, but I presumed that the Chamber of Commerce would be most interested in the labour question.
'The policy to be pursued by the Government of this colony in relation to the admission of Chinese or coolie labour into the Northern Territory is, I understand, among the pressing subjects of the hour. Approaching the subject without prejudice or bias, it does not seem difficult to determine the principles by which the action of the State should be guided. If we have faith in the superior qualities of our own people we shall do well, even at the cost of considerable delay in material development, to reserve for our own race those parts of the country in which they can succeed, in which they can not only labour, but preserve and perpetuate from generation to generation, the qualities which have made them great. While the policy seems clear in relation to regions adapted to the physical qualities of our own race, it seems not less clear for the regions beyond. To refuse the aid of the tropical populations for opening up the resources of countries where the Anglo-Saxon race cannot perform manual labour, and still less establish a permanent settlement, is not to advance but seriously to injure the true interests of this colony. By opening up portions of your Northern Territory with imported labour, a new outlet will be afforded for the investment of your capital, and a new market created under your own control for the sale of your manufactures.
'I pass to another subject which must be dealt with, not by legislation, but by mutual good feeling and by common sense. Wherever business is carried on upon a large scale, difficulties must in the nature of things be anticipated in the relations between labour and capital. Each of these elements in the operations of industry may be helpless without the other, but when we pass from the stage of production to the appropriation of profits the conflict of interests is inevitable. Strengthened by the experience in the old country, I would earnestly recommend for all your larger trades voluntary courts of arbitration and conciliation. If we go back to that dark time in England which followed the close of the long struggle with Napoleon, the hostility of classes was seen in all employments, and in none was it more conspicuous than in the collieries. A happy change has passed over the spirit of the scene. Nowhere has the method of arbitration been more successful than in Durham and Northumberland. A scale of wages for miners has been agreed upon, varying with the price of coal, and arbitrators have been found to apply the scale to the conditions of the time, in whose justice employers and employed have implicit confidence. Among these valuable men Mr. David Dale is an eminent example. He and other men of his high stamp and quality—men such as Rupert Kettle, Mundella, and Frederic Harrison—occupy a truly noble position in relation to labour questions. They have won the confidence of the masses, not by truckling to prejudices, not by disavowing the sound and well-tried rules of political economy, but by listening and by explaining with unwearied patience, by showing a sincere sympathy with the working classes, and by taking a deep interest in their welfare. The mention of these distinguished names leads me to the adjustment of difficulties by Courts of Conciliation. They may be described as committees consisting of equal numbers of employers and workmen, appointed to meet at frequent intervals, and to discuss in a friendly open way, and on terms of perfect equality, all the questions in which there is a possibility of conflict. The practicability of the plan has been proved by experience. It is impossible to exaggerate its good effects. By frequent and friendly meetings knowledge is acquired on both sides which could be gained in no other way, and suspicion is changed to sympathy. I hope that no bad influences of false pride on one side, or of unmerited distrust on the other, will deter the employers and the employed of South Australia from rapidly bringing into operation the excellent method of averting disputes, which Courts of Conciliation both in England and on the Continent of Europe have never failed to provide.
'Free trade and Protection are topics which wide-spread depression has thrust into prominence of late. The present Government in England, in deference to the demands of Protectionists, appointed a Royal Commission. Its members were the representatives of conflicting views, and after an exhaustive inquiry they separated without changing the opinions with which they entered upon their labours. We may draw the inference that the subject is not quite so simple as the most earnest partisans in the controversy would wish us to believe. For the United Kingdom I am a convinced Freetrader. I admit that the old country, where half the population subsists on imported food, which must be paid for in exported goods, is not on all fours with a colony capable of producing in abundance all the necessaries of life for a population infinitely more numerous than at present exists within its borders. But while the conditions are different the fact remains that under a protective system customers are precluded from buying in the cheapest market, agriculture is heavily charged for the benefit of a less important interest, and labour artificially diverted from those spheres of industry in which it might be employed to the greatest advantage. Certain it is that cycles of commercial depression would not be averted, but rather prolonged and aggravated, by a policy of protection. Impressed with the weight of evidence on this point, the recent Royal Commission of Trade declined to recommend Protection as a panacea for commercial depression in the United Kingdom, and I hesitate to recommend it to the Chamber of Commerce in Adelaide. While, however, I would deprecate the imposition of burdensome import duties for the purposes of Protection, I fully recognise that moderate import duties are necessary as a means of raising revenue. The first duty of every Finance Minister is to obtain an income for the State by the methods which are the least irksome to the taxpayers. In new countries, not exporters of manufactured goods, import duties are universally found to be the least irksome form of taxation. If under a moderate tariff industries are established earlier than would be possible without some Protection, the incidental advantage is secured of varied employment for the people. Where all depend on the same pursuit or the same industry, an unfavourable season or a fall in price may cause a general depression. There is less risk of universal melancholy and decline when the public wealth is derived from various and independent sources. My conclusion is against import duties on a high scale, levied, as in the United States, for the purpose of exclusion. I recognise the necessity in certain circumstances for the imposition of import duties on a moderate scale for the purposes of revenue.
'I have one more remark to offer in connection with the labour question. Among the many gratifying things which I have seen in your colony, nothing has exceeded your system of education. I congratulate your people, and I honour your Government for their efforts in the cause. It may not, however, be superfluous to refer to that tendency to look disparagingly on manual labour, which is so frequent and fatal a result of the very perfection of educational work. Education may become a curse rather than a boon if it relaxes that physical energy which in all communities, and especially in a new country, is the indispensable condition of progress. It has been truly said by the poet Browning:—
The honest earnest man must stand and work, The woman also—otherwise she drops At once below the dignity of man, Accepting serfdom. I count that Heaven itself is only work To a surer issue.
Society must take to itself the responsibility for the preference given to clerical over mechanical employments. We have not done our duty in giving to our skilled workmen that social recognition which is their due. But I am happy to say that in the old country we are decidedly in the way of amendment. The return of working men in greater numbers to the House of Commons has been productive of much good in a social point of view.
'In conclusion, it may not be inappropriate to the occasion to dwell for a few moments on the influences of honest trade in raising the standard of civilisation and elevating the character of men. The prosperity of commerce depends on intelligence, on industry, but above all on character. Cleverness may sometimes win a stroke. There have been financiers in the City of London whose career might have been painted in the language applied by Earl Russell to Mirabeau—"His mind raised him to the skies; his moral character chained him to the earth." I can quote no instance in which men of this stamp have achieved an enduring success. It is not the men whose craft and cunning people fear, but the men in whom they trust and whom they love who in the end succeed. It is the office of commerce to give to the world perpetual illustrations of the homely but ennobling truth that honesty is the best policy. Commerce puts before those engaged in it many temptations. The good man of business must rise superior to them all, and thus it is that in his life and work he can do so much to communicate advantages, to advance material welfare, and to raise the tone of morals. Such, and not less, is the mission of the merchant and the trader. For myself, I am proud to know that I am the son of a contractor for public works, whose good reputation was the best part of the heritage which descended to his sons.'
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MELBOURNE, JUNE 25TH, 1887.
A complimentary dinner was tendered to Lord Brassey, K.C.B., the hon. treasurer of the Imperial Federation League, by the members of the Victorian branch of the League, at the Town Hall on Saturday evening. The banquet was laid in the council chamber, and about eighty gentlemen sat down to the tables. The chair was occupied by Mr. G.D. Carter, M.L.A., president of the Victorian branch. On his right were the guest of the evening, the Premier (Mr. Duncan Gillies), and the Postmaster-General of Queensland (Mr. M'Donald Paterson), and on his left the Mayor of Melbourne (Councillor Cain), the President of the Legislative Council (Sir James MacBain), Mr. Justice Webb, and Mr. Nicholas Fitzgerald, M.L.C. The company included a large number of other prominent citizens, many of them not being members of the League. In giving the toast of 'The Queen,' the Chairman said that they could not better have given expression to their loyalty to Her Majesty than by meeting to advocate the unity of the empire over which she reigned. The assemblage of representative citizens for such a purpose formed a most appropriate conclusion to those rejoicings in which we had so happily shared during the week of Jubilee.
The toast was received with enthusiasm, and a verse of the National Anthem was sung.
The Chairman gave the toast of 'His Excellency the Governor.'
The toast was received with cheers.
The Chairman next proposed the toast of 'Imperial Federation.' They had no definite views at present on the subject of Imperial Federation. The point to which they had got was this, that they desired to see the empire united as one inseparable whole. We were bound together by the ties of kindred, kith, and kin, and he even dared to hope that the view expressed by Mr. James Anthony Froude when he was here would be realised, and that there would eventually be a union of the English-speaking peoples of the world for the purpose of mutual defence. On behalf of the Victorian branch of the Imperial Federation League, and of the colony generally, he offered a cordial welcome to Lord Brassey, and trusted that he would carry away with him pleasant recollections of his visit to Victoria.
Lord Brassey said: 'As the treasurer of the Imperial Federation League established in London, it affords me the greatest gratification to be your guest this evening. Our work in the old country would be of little value, unless it were approved and supported by public opinion in these great and growing colonies. Speaking on behalf of the Imperial Federation League in London, we have no cut-and-dried plans which we are anxious to put forward. We see great difficulties in arriving at any solution of the question of federation; but with their growth in population, in wealth, and in resources, we anticipate that we shall see more and more a manly resolve on the part of the colonies, not only to make provision for their own defence, but to share in the responsibility of the defence of the united empire. With your increased participation in the burdens, you must necessarily receive an increased share in determining the policy of the empire, and thus we see looming in the not far distant future the necessity for further consideration of the problem of federation. We do not desire, we should deprecate, a hasty solution. We believe that probably the wisest course will be to deal with circumstances as they arise. We wish to pave the way by timely and temperate discussion. The views of the founders of the Imperial Federation League were well put, in one of his latest speeches, by a grand statesman of the old country, Mr. W.E. Forster, the first president of the League, who said:—"The idea of the permanent unity of the realm, the duty of preserving this union, the blessings which this preservation will confer, the danger and loss and disaster which will follow from disunion, are thoughts which possess the minds of Englishmen both here and over the seas. These thoughts are expressing themselves in deeds; let this expression continue; at present it helps our cause far more effectually than any possible scheme." I am not one of those who ever doubted the loyalty of the colonies to Old England. If any Englishmen were in doubt as to the feeling of the colonies towards the mother country, the events of the past week in this noble city of Melbourne would dispel effectually any uncertainty. On Tuesday last we saw your militia march past like a wall, to the tune of "The Old Folks at Home." That may be a somewhat homely melody, but it conveyed a touching sentiment to the spectator from the old country. On the following day a ball was given at Government House, an entertainment the splendour of which could hardly have been exceeded in any capital in Europe. That entertainment owed its character not merely to the graceful hospitality of the host and hostess on the occasion, but to the eager desire of those who were present to seize the occasion for showing their attachment to the Queen, in whose honour and in whose name that ball was given. On the following day in your Parliament Buildings, which, by the beauty of their design and the amplitude of their proportions express your greatness in the present and anticipate your growth in the future, a noble hall was dedicated, with a generous spirit of loyalty, to the name of the Queen. On the evening of the same day we attended a concert at which thousands of your citizens were present. On four several and separate occasions the National Anthem was sung, and on each occasion with increasing fervour. On the following day 30,000 children were brought together, trained to utter the sentiments of their parents in that National Anthem which they sang so well. In journeying in some of the remoter parts of this colony, it was touching to hear "God Save the Queen" sung at every opportunity by the little children, who are thus early trained in the sentiment of loyalty. If we pass from these momentary incidents of the week to circumstances of a more permanent and perhaps more serious character, what are the conclusions which an intelligent traveller from the old country may draw, with reference to the ties which bind the colonies to the mother country? If he looks at your society and your family life, he finds the same manners, the same habits, the same ways of viewing circumstances and things. Your English tastes are shown in the houses which you build, the clothes which you wear, the food which you eat, and in the goods you buy. The national character of the Anglo-Saxon race is shown as strongly here as in the mother country in your spirited devotion to manly sports and pastimes; and when we think of the other ties that bind us—a common faith, a common literature, the same dear mother tongue—what other conclusion can be drawn by the intelligent traveller than this—that the ties which bind the colonies to the mother country are stronger than those which any legislature or statesmanship could contrive, and that they are inherent in the innermost life of the people. Gentlemen, you may call the union which binds us an empire, you may call it a federation, you may call it an offensive and defensive alliance of the closest kind—you may call it what you will—the name is of subordinate consequence while mutual sympathy and sentiment retain that binding force which, as we have seen in this Jubilee week, you are all so generously prepared to acknowledge in your relations with the old country. Perhaps I may say a few words on this occasion with reference to the mutual advantages which are afforded by our remaining together as members of a united empire. There was a time when the connection was less valued than it is at present by some of the eminent statesmen of the old country. Since the days of which I speak great changes have taken place. The map of Europe has been reconstructed on the principle of the recognition of nationalities. The Germans have made themselves into a nation; the Italians have made themselves into a nation. Our tight little island is small indeed in area, in comparison with the great territories of Continental Europe. It is small in area, but if we and the children descended from us—these great English-speaking nations which have overspread the world—remain united together, we are the first of the nationalities of Europe. I think there are some indications that the maintenance of the unity of the British Empire may be less difficult than might perhaps in former days have been anticipated. Science has done much to shorten distances; it has given us the electric telegraph, an improved and improving steamship, and railways. As the colonies grow in importance, it must necessarily follow that the Imperial policy will be concentrated more and more upon objects which are common to them and to the mother country. The foreign policy will be directed to the maintenance in security of the communications between the mother country and the colonies, an object of common interest to yourselves and to ourselves. Looking forward to a not very distant time, it is evident that your growth in population and power will give you the command of the neighbouring seas. Your relations with India will become closer and closer, and you will be in a position not less strong, and your interest will be as great as that of the mother country in preventing the hoisting of any flag hostile to your own upon the ports of India. All the countries of the British Empire will hold together, because it will be for their advantage. Trade follows the flag. While other branches of our foreign trade have been languishing, the trade with the colonies has remained flourishing and elastic. We lend you our capital on much easier terms than we would ask if you were under a foreign flag. We hold before you in external relations the shield of a great empire. The advantages of the present arrangement, from a colonial point of view, were happily put a short time ago in a speech by Sir John Macdonald, from which I will ask leave to quote two or three sentences. Speaking at Montreal, he said: "We want no independence in this country, except the independence that we have at this moment. What country in the world is more independent than we are? We have perfect independence; we have a Sovereign who allows us to do as we please. We have an Imperial Government that casts on ourselves the responsibilities as well as the privileges of self-government. We may govern ourselves as we please, we may misgovern ourselves as we please. We put a tax on the industries of our fellow-subjects in England, Ireland, and Scotland. If we are attacked, if our shores are assailed, the mighty powers of England on land and sea are used in our defence." There may be some who think that the union of the empire cannot be maintained, because it is difficult to reconcile the impetuosity of youth with the prudence of old age. They think that in the impetuosity of youth, you will resent the prudence with which the mother country holds you back. Upon a wise view of it, we find in the distinctive qualities and defects of youth and age the elements of a felicitous combination. The father of the philosophy of history, Thucydides, has attributed to Alcibiades a great truth: "Consider that youth and age have no power unless united; but that the lighter and the more exact and the middle sort of judgment, when duly attempered, are likely to be most efficient." I hope that the wise policy with which the affairs of the British Empire may be conducted will illustrate the advantage of the mutual and combined influence of the young colonies and the old country. I feel deeply grateful for the privilege of being your guest on this occasion, and for the presence of many eminent men at your table. They have not assembled here merely to pay a compliment to an individual. They have come to express their deep interest in the Imperial Federation League. I shall go back deeply touched by the love I have seen the people of these colonies show Old England, whose greatest pride it is to have been the mother of mighty nations. I cannot sit down without acknowledging on behalf of Lady Brassey the kindness which you have shown in the mention of her name. I shall be a faithful reporter of your proceedings to my dear wife. She will greatly appreciate the kind reception given to her name.'
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SYDNEY, JULY 9TH, 1887.
A complimentary picnic was tendered to Lord Brassey on Saturday by the public works contractors of New South Wales. The picnic took the form of a trip to the Hawkesbury River, and about 150 gentlemen attended. Amongst those present were the Right Hon. W.B. Dalley, P.C., Sir John Robertson, Sir John Hay (President of the Legislative Council), Sir William Ogg, Sir Edward Strickland, Hon. Julian Salomons, Q.C., M.L.C. (Vice-President of the Executive), Hon. James Inglis (Minister of Public Instruction), Hon. F. Abigail (Minister for Mines), Hon. W. Clarke (Minister of Justice), Mr. Riley, M.P. (Mayor of Sydney), and others.
The party left Redfern in a special train shortly after nine o'clock in the morning, and arrived at Peat's Ferry about noon. At the ferry they viewed the work proceeding there in connection with the construction of the new bridge, and then went on board Captain Murray's river-boat, the 'General Gordon,' whose course was so shaped as to allow them the opportunity of seeing some of the most picturesque scenery with which the Hawkesbury abounds. On the upper deck arrangements had been made for the serving of a cold collation. Mr. J.C. Carey presided.
The Right Hon. W.B. Dalley proposed the health of 'Our distinguished guest, Lord Brassey.' In the course of his speech he said: 'Our hosts on this occasion are men who have in the construction of the great public works of this country expended about 14,000,000l. of the public funds during the last ten years. Their guest is the son of a man who had, by similar labours to those of their hosts on a gigantic scale, by means of his vast and unparalleled industrial enterprise, helped largely to change the face of the world; who had constructed some of the greatest monuments of our later civilisation in England and in India and in the British colonies, in France and in Germany, in Belgium and in Italy, in Spain, Denmark, and Russia. He was in the first rank of those benefactors of humanity, who perform prodigies of power in the control and management of their own private affairs, whose labours are extended over the whole world, and who leave on every shore the monuments of their own genius and the memorials of the power and resources of their country. For the greater portion of his eventful life he was doing a large share of the peaceful business of Europe, and nearly everywhere throughout the empire, in the erection of gigantic public works, he was earning and dispensing tens of millions, assembling in the construction of such great works the representatives of many nationalities, so that it has been said that the curious might have heard eleven different languages spoken in the execution of the same contract. He was heightening and extending the renown of Englishmen, upholding and increasing their reputation in the eyes of foreigners, and teaching lessons of greatness and of justice to the labouring millions of other nations. Here also in this colony he constructed some of the greatest of our public works. To the son of such a man, visiting our colony, it seemed right and fitting that our own public contractors should show all the honour which they could bestow upon him. In welcoming Lord Brassey to this company of men of enterprise and of large undertakings, and in asking him to meet men of representative character and position in the community, you make your compliment dearer and more precious because you are influenced by profound respect for the memory of his parent. Your guest, as a man who has served in great offices, and gained in a high degree the esteem and confidence of those who have known and watched his career, would have been entitled to a hearty welcome at the hands of British colonists for his own valuable and unselfish public services to the empire. But you have been prompted to honour, not only his personal merits and his individual labours, but the great industrial name which he bears—a name ennobled by the labour and enterprise of his father—because you are proud to associate yourselves with the career of one who had done, as you are in your smaller way endeavouring to do, much for mankind. I give you—a company of public contractors—the health of the son of the greatest of them all, the son of "Thomas Brassey."' (Cheers.)
Lord Brassey, in reply, said that he felt great difficulty in responding in worthy terms to the far too kind and flattering speech which had been made on behalf of his hosts. But it needed not a speech to express from a full heart his grateful appreciation of their kindness. He did not forget his origin. He was proud of it—(hear, hear)—and he could assure them—that if he had been spared the personal anxieties experienced by those employed in the execution of public works, he had a fellow-feeling for those who were engaged in that most valuable sphere of enterprise. The speech in which his name had been introduced to them referred—and he was glad that it did refer so largely—to the career of his dear father. He was proud to know that the opportunity was afforded to his father of performing the useful office of a pioneer of civilisation throughout the length and breadth of the world. His father entered timidly upon that career. He (Lord Brassey) had often heard him describe the day which led him to the execution of public works. At the time when the Liverpool and Manchester Railway—our first railway—was in contemplation, old George Stephenson came to see his father, then a young man, brought up as a surveyor and carrying on his business in Birkenhead, with reference to the purchase of some stone. His father conducted Mr. Stephenson to the quarry. The impression made upon Mr. Stephenson by his father was most favourable, and when he shook hands with him in the evening he said, 'Well, young man, there is something promising about you. I see a great field for railways. It would be well for you to follow my banner and enter upon this new sphere of enterprise.' The young man trembled at the idea, but he took the advice, tendered for a portion of the Liverpool railway, and during the construction of the first ten miles of that railway their guest was born. He would not enter into the details of his father's career, but he had often asked himself what was the secret of his success. He hoped he was not exaggerating his father's praise when he said that he believed his success was mainly due to his high and honest character; and if he might make one more reference to his father he would say this, that the motive which prompted him to extend his enterprise to the great limits which it ultimately reached was not primarily a love of money—it was the spirit of enterprise, and the ambition to be a constructor of great and noble works. The results which had followed from his labours were patent to all the world. They had done much to promote the prosperity of mankind. He (Lord Brassey) did not know that we could find greater evidence of the benefits of the railway system than here. These colonies could not expect prosperity without railways. The inheritance which devolved upon him as the son of his father had impressed upon him a heavy weight of responsibility; and he did most devoutly wish to turn to good account the opportunities that had been given to him. With this desire he had paid a visit to the shores of New South Wales. Every traveller who came from the old country and made friends with those living here was another link between the old country and the new. It rejoiced his heart to see so many evidences of the warm feeling of affection towards the old country, that dear mother land whose pride in and attachment to the colonies was growing stronger every year. We had seen great events happen during his short political career. We had seen Germany become a united nation, we had seen Italy become a united nation, and if the English-speaking and England-loving people intended to maintain their influence in the world, they must keep together (cheers); an united empire with local self-government was a happy solution of a great political problem. It had been rendered possible by that instinctive feeling of race which bound us all, and in that greatest gift in the science of politics—the common sense which was so eminently characteristic of the British race. He thanked them for their great kindness in receiving him on that occasion. Neither he nor his would ever forget that kindness.
At the conclusion of the speeches cheers were given for Lord and Lady Brassey.
The 'General Gordon' returned to Peat's Ferry late in the afternoon, the excursion having been a most enjoyable one, and the party reached Redfern early in the evening.
Index.
Aberdeen, Lord and Lady, 102
Aborigines, Australasian, 251, 252, 401
Acheen Head, 140
Achu Mohammed, 166
Adam, Mr., 32
Adelaide, 264, 266, 269
Adelaide Chamber of Commerce, 468
Aden, 3
Africa, British settlements on West coast of, 440
Afsur Jung, 50
Aga Sultan Mahomed Shah, 60
Agra, 29, 30
Agriculture in Ceylon, 100
Ah Sam, the faithful Chinaman, 394
Air-compressing tubes for producing fire, 148
Albany, 230, 231
Albany Pass, 400
Albatrosses, 223
Albion Lode Mine, Ballarat, 282
Albuquerque, Affonso, 86, 87
Allas Strait, 216
Alligators, 111, 159, 377
Amateur surgery, 144, 404
Amber, an ancient city of the Rajpoots, 26
Ambong Bay, 168
Amherstia nobilis, 102
Amomum repens, 94
Amritsar, 21
Ant-heaps, 401, 403
Antique coaches, 337
Apollo Bunder, the, 63, 65
Arco dos Vicereys, Goa, 84
Armadale, 332
Arnold, Mr. Edwin, quoted, 43
Ascension, 438
Australian exploration, 270
Australian gold-diggers, 186, 187
Australian up-country hotels, 354
'Bacchante,' H.M.S., 59, 63, 70
Bajans, or sea-gipsies, 178, 204
'Bajara' (steamship), 212, 213
Balhalla Island, 175, 178
Ballarat, 281
Ballarat, Mayor and Mayoress of, 281, 282
Ballard, Mr., 350
Bannerman, Colonel, 30
Barnacles, 218
Barnes, Colonel, 14
Barram river, 153, 156
Barrier Reef, Great, 395-397
Barter, native, 149, 161
Bathing in the tropics, 92
Bathurst, 318
Baumantia, 365
Beche-de-mer, 394, 396, 397, 414
Bees, 192
Beeswax, 192
Bell-bird, 321
Beloochees, 6
Benares, 32
'Bengal' (steamship), 288
Bertram, Mr., 366
Bevan, Mr., 310
Beypoor, 94
Bijapur, 51
Bilian-wood, 180
Birds, 377, 379
Bird's-nests, 157, 178, 190-197, 204
Bird's-nest caves, 177, 189-197
Birds of Paradise, 214, 418
Bishop of Melbourne, 295
Black, Mr., 109
Black Book of Taymouth, 58
'Black-boys' (Xanthorrhea), 234
Black-buck, 39-41
Blackheath Hill, Blue Mountains, 320
Black Spur, 300
Blacktown, 317
Bligh, Captain, of the 'Bounty,' 395
Blue Mountains, the, 319
Blyden, Mr., 440
Boats, Queensland native, 372
Boer, the, 436
'Bokhara,' P. & O., 141, 142
Bokharas, the, 6
Bolarum, 37
Bombay Light Horse, 59
Bombay and Burmah Company's timber-yard, 130, 131
Boomerangs, 218, 232
Booth, Mr. E.T., quoted, 160
Borneo, 143
Borneo weapons, 184
Bosanquet, Capt. and Mrs., 315, 323
Botanical Gardens, Ceylon, 10; Sydney, 323
'Bottle-brush,' the, 276
Bougainvillea, the, 350, 365
Boughton Islands, 342
'Bounty,' mutiny of the, 395
Bowen, 369
Boynton, Sir H., quoted, 161
Brassey, Lady, death of, xx, 427, 457
Brassey, Lord, speeches of, 466-478
Bray, Mr., 270, 314
Breadfruit, 373
'Break-of-day' birds, 242
Bridge, Captain, 372
Bridge, Mr. (chaplain), 14
Brisbane, 342
Brisbane Sailing Club, 347
British African Company, 440
British North Borneo Company, 143, 168, 190
British settlements on West coast of Africa, 440
Broken-hill silver-mine, 273
'Bromo' (gunboat), 212
Brooke, Rajah, 145
Brown, Mr. Harvie, quoted, 6
Bruit river, 153
Brunei, 160, 162
Brunei river, 159, 160
Brunei, Sultan of, 160, 165
Byculla Club ball, 68
Byculla races, 70
Byham's monument, 38
Bylus, 125
Buckboard, a, 280
Buck-hunting, 39-41
Buck-jumpers, 281
Bundey, Mr. Justice, 267, 270
Burmese costumes, 121
Burmese bells, 128
Burnand, Mr., 274
Bush flowers, 253
Bush hotel, a, 241
Cabbage-palms, 383
Cairns Harbour, 388
Caladium-leaf umbrellas, 105
Calamus, 205
Calicut, 93
Callaghan, Mr., 183, 185, 188
Callocalia, 157
Campbell, Sir Colin, 31
Cannon, Mr., 26
Canoes, 415
Cape Bustard, 347
Cape Byron, 342
Cape Colony, 435
Cape de Verdes, 443
Cape Direction, 395
Cape Flinders, 262
Cape Hawke, 342
Cape Rachada, 141
Cape Town, 432, 433
Cape Tribulation, 390
Cape Yorke, 404
Cape wine-trade, 431
Cardamoms, 94
Cardwell, 380
Carey, Colonel, 106
Carrington, Lord and Lady, 310, 311, 314, 324
Carwar, 91
Cattle-camp, a, 363
Cattle-rearing, 334, 340, 362, 400, 428
Cattle, wild, 171
Caulfield races, 296
Caves, bird's-nest, 177, 189-197
Caves, Moulmein, 134
Cawnpore, 30-32
Ceylon, 97
Celebes, the, 203
Challenger Bay, 372
Chapman, Colonel, 17
Charts, 399
Cheetahs, 39-41
Chinamen in British colonies, 339, 384, 394, 405, 428, 430
Chinese Commissioners in New South Wales, 317, 336, 339
Chlorination of gold ore, 356
Chronometers, 227
Church Missionary Society, 440
Clarence Strait, 427
Clarke, Sir W., 298
Coach-travelling in the colonies, 337, 344, 345, 361
Coaches, antique, 337
Coal, 220
Coaling-stations, 438, 440, 443
Coal-mines, 329
Cochin, 94
Cockatoos, 253
Cockburn, 273
Cochrane, Sir Thomas, 159
Cocoa-nut Island, 413, 421
Cocoa-nuts, 111, 415, 417
Cocos, the, 116
Coffee-cultivation in Ceylon, 101
Coffee leaf-fungus, 101
Coffins in caves, 197
Colliery, a, in New South Wales, 328
Collisions at sea, 388
Colombo, 97, 98
Coloured races, capabilities of, 440
Connaught, Duke and Duchess of, 54, 62, 68, 70
Constantia, 433
Convicts, escaped, 407
Coode, Sir John, 433
Cook, Captain, 395
Cooktown, 392
Coral, 401
Coral reefs, 396, 399
Cordery, Mr., 34, 50
Cornish miners in Australia, 285
Cornwall, Miss, 283, 284, 288
Corrugated-iron buildings, 405
Cowie, Mr. and Mrs., 167
Cranes, 377
Crawford, Mr., 52, 77
Creek Meat Canning Factory, 366
Crocker, Mr., 143, 176, 183, 185, 188, 195, 206
Crocodiles, 113, 172
Crossing the line, ceremony of, 215, 216
Crossthwaite, Mrs., 121, 129
Cubadjee (Australian aboriginal), 276
Cumberland Isles, 367, 368
Da Carvalho, Captain, 83
Da Fonseca, quoted, 85
Daintree river, 390
Dairy farms, 256
Dalhousie, Lord, 2
Dances, Dyak, 181
Darling Downs, the, 340
Darling river, 333
Darnley Island, 413, 414
Darvel Bay, 186, 203
Dashtar, Mr., 10
Davenport, Sir Samuel, 269
Davies, Mr., 170-172
Day, Major and Mrs., 151
Deakin, Mr., 292
De Burgh Persse, Mr. and Mrs., 344
De Castella, Mr., 300
Delhi, 26
Des Graz, Mr., 50, 92, 240, 298, 374
Dewani Khas, Jeypore, 26
De Winton, Sir Francis, 442
Dholepore, 30
Diamond-fields, 437
Diamond-trade, 431
Dillon, General, 18
Divers, 410, 424
Dodd, Captain, 134
Dogs, regulations concerning, in Australia, 231, 332, 354
Doldrums, the, 379
Domestic life at Brunei, 168
Donaldson, Mr. H.D., 81
Dowling Forest, 283
Drum, a native, 402
Dundas, Miss, 289
Dungeness, 374
Dusuns, the, 181
Dutch colonists, 210, 434
Dyaks, 148, 151, 152, 156, 160, 181
Earrings, 167
Eclipse of the moon, 364
Edible bird's-nests, 94, 138, 189-197
Elder, Sir Thomas, 276
Eleopura, 175
Elephants, 45, 111, 113, 130, 131, 134
Elliott Island, 347
Ellora, 32, 33
Elsmie, Mr., 21
Emerald, 359
Endeavour river, 359
Erskine, Mr., 12
Eucalypti, 234, 276, 344
Eucalyptus oil, 393
Everett, Mr., 155
Evening at sea, 93
'Everlasting' flowers, 250
Exercise, 256
Exploration in South Australia, 270
Fairfax, Mrs., 289, 323
Falconberg, 321
Falkland Islands, 387
Falls of Gairsoppa, 91
Fanshawe, Captain, 132
Faraday, Professor, quoted, 148
Fayal, 443-445
Fences, Australian, 297
Ferguson, Mr., cited, 51
Fern-gullies, 302, 305, 321
Fern Island, 399
Ferns, 365
Fernshaw, 301, 303
Fire-making by air-compressing tubes, 148
Fitzgerald, Mr., 395
Fitzroy river, 367
Fleming, Mr., 430
Flinders Channel, 421
Flint, Mr., 176, 178, 180, 185
Floating islands, 154, 208
Flowers, 253, 365
Fly Point, 400
Fly River, 418-420
Flying-fox Gully, 319
Fraser Island, 347
Funeral of a Phoongyee, 124
Funeral procession at Colombo, 98
Furdonji Jamsetjee, Mr., 42
Futtehpore Sikri, 29
Galle, 107
Ganesh Khind, 52
Gardner, Mr., 326, 332
Gascoigne, Captain, 315, 317
Gautama, 127
Geelong, 286
Geelong, Mayor of, 286
German industry, 345
Gilchrist, Major, 34, 72
Glenelg, 263, 265
Gloucester Island, 369
Goa, 81-97
Gold-fields, 188, 246, 277, 282-285, 352, 392, 393, 436
Golkonda, 35
Gomanton bird's-nest caves, 177
Goode Island, 405, 411
Gordon, Captain, 58
Gordonia rubra, 213
Gray, quoted, 258, 259
Great Barrier Reef, 368, 396
Great Coco, 116
Griffin, Sir Lepel, 71
Griffith, Sir Samuel, 344
Guicowar of Baroda, the, 69
Guilfoyle, Mr., 305
Gum, 170
Gum-trees, 234
Gundy sugar-plantation, 382
Gutta-percha, 156
Gwalior, 30
Halifax sugar-plantation, 376
Hall, Mr., 407, 424
Hall, Mr. Wesley, 352, 353
Hamilton, Captain, 57, 68, 70, 72
Hamilton, Lieutenant, 155
Hammill, Captain, 316, 317
Hannay, Major and Mrs., 53
Hannibal Islands, 399
'Harrier' (gunboat), 391, 392
Hassall, Mr., 246
Hats, women's, at Brunei, 160
Hatton, Frank, 182
Hawkesbury river, 475
Hay, Mrs., 276
Head-flatteners, 148
Head-hunters, 160, 192, 193
Healesville, 301, 304
Hemileia vastatrix, 101
Herbert, Mr., 72
Herbert river, 374
Herberton river, 388
'Hercules,' H.M.S., 2
Hinchinbrook Island, 378, 380
Hindoo ladies, 68
Hindoo wedding, 43
Hixson, Captain, 322
Hobson's Bay, 286
Hodgkinson, Mr., 129, 130, 132
Hoffmeister, Dr., 51, 182, 322
Hofmeyr, Mr., 436
Holdfast Bay Yacht Club, 263
Holothuria, 397
Home Islands, 399
Honey, Commodore, 267
Horse-dealers, Arabian, 70
Horse-fair at Shikarpur, 5, 13
Horses, 334
Horses in coal-mines, 330
Horta, 443, 444, 446
Hot springs at Kanniya, 109, 111
Houses in Borneo, 170
Huebner, Baron, quoted, 432, 436
Hunt, a, in Australia, 275
Hunt, Mr. and Mrs., 412, 414, 415, 419, 420
Hunting with cheetahs, 39-41
Hyderabad, 43-50
Ice-making, 210
Iguanas, 242
Illuminations at Bombay, 63
Immigrants in New South Wales, 338
Imperial Federation League, 285, 299, 471
Inglis, Mr., 314
Inquisition stake, Goa, 89
Ipomoea, 377
Irrawaddy river, 119
Jain temples, at Agra and Gwalior, 29, 30
Jamestown, St. Helena, 437
Jamrud Fort, 17, 18
Jardine, Mr., 400, 401, 408
Javanese workpeople in Queensland, 385
'Jenny Jenkins' (monkey), 259
Jessop, Mr., 269
Jewels, 64
Jeypore, 27, 28
Jinjeera, 73, 74
'Jinkas,' 238, 239
Jinrikishas, 104, 105
Johnstone river, 382, 387
Johore, Sultan of, 141, 143, 165
Jubbulpore, 33
Jubilee celebrations in India, 50, 54, 58, 70; at Melbourne, 294
Jumping fish, 110
'Jumna,' H.M.S., 118
Jungle in Queensland, 383
Jungle-cock, 110
Kaffirs, 437
Kanakas, 376, 416, 419
Kandy, 99, 104
Kangaroo Island, 262
Kangaroos, 245, 248, 253, 255, 361
Kanniya, hot springs at, 109, 111
Kapuan timber-station, 178
Keating, Mrs., 70
Keith, Captain, 30
Kendenup, 240, 245, 247
Keppel Bay, 347
Keppel, Sir Harry, 159, 167
Kernford, Mr. Justice, 293
Kettles, whistling, 167
Khassia, 73
Khurseed Jah, 47
Khyber Pass, 17
'Kilwa,' the, 132, 133
Kimberley, 431
Kina Balu, 168, 172
King, Mr., 332
King George Sound, 230
King Jack, 415, 417
Koordal, a reserve for Australian aboriginals, 300
Koti river, 208
Kruger, President, 435
Kuching, 145
Kuching river, navigation in, by direction-posts, 146
Kudat, 169
Kurrachee, 10
Kusti (Parsee cord), 59
Kutab Minar, the, 23, 24, 26
Kylies, or boomerangs, 248, 252
Labuan, 155
'Lady Brassey' nugget, the, 285
Lahore, 15, 16, 20
Laidby, Mr. and Mrs., 341, 342
Lamb, Dr., 170, 172
Lampton, 328
Largs Bay, 266
Laughing jackass, 321
Laurence, Maude, 14, 54, 72
Layard, Sir C.P., quoted, 100
Leaf-fungus, coffee, 101
Lee, the gatherer of beche-de-mer, 397, 398
Leeches, 205
Levinge, Mr., 381, 386
Leys, Dr. and Mrs., 156
Life at sea, 92
'Liguria' (steamship), 224
Lilies, 350, 366, 377, 438
Lindsay, Mr. David, 270, 276
Liquid gold, 355
Little, Mr., 172
Little Coco, 116
Liveries in Ceylon, 102, 103
Lizard Island, 394
Loch, Sir Henry and Lady, 289, 292-294, 298
Loftie, Mr. and Mrs., 231, 232
Log of 'Sunbeam,' abstract of— Portsmouth to Bombay, 448, 449; Bombay to Kurrachee, Rangoon, Borneo, and Macassar, 450-452; Macassar to Adelaide, South Australia, 453; Adelaide to Melbourne, Sydney, and Port Darwin, 454-456; Port Darwin to Mauritius and Cape of Good Hope, 457, 458; Cape of Good Hope to Portsmouth, 458-460; summary, 461
Logodium scandens, 373
Lombok, 217
Longwood, St. Helena, 438
Lotus tank, Colombo, 98
Low Islands, 390
Loyal cockatoos, 254
Lucknow, 31
Lycopodium, 373
Lyre-bird, 321
Lyttelton, Colonel, 12
Macalister Range, 389
Macassar, 210, 211
Macdonald, Dr. and Mrs., 350, 364
Maclean, Mr., 106
McLean, Mr., 50, 66
MacNabb, Mr., 300
Madai bird's-nest caves, Darvel Bay, 183, 189-197
Magnetic Island, 370
Maharajah of Patiala, 22
Mahommedan ladies, 68
Malabar Point, 57, 61, 68, 71
Malades imaginaires, 96
Malaria, 428
Malin, Mr. S., 267
Manchester regiment at Agra, 29
Mandovi river, 82
Mangalore, 92
Maradu Bay, 170
Marble Rocks, Nerbudda river, 31, 33
Marburg, 344
Marine phenomenon, a, 218
Marshall, Colonel, 49, 50
Mason-bees, 150
Mauritius, 428
Maxwell, Mr., 147, 150
Mayhew, Colonel, 12
Meat Canning Factory, a, 366
Medusae, 118, 258
Meerut, 26
Mehdi Ali's wife, 67
Melbourne, 287
Meldrum, Dr., 430
Memorial Gardens, Cawnpore, 30
Message-sticks, 253
Midas Mine, Ballarat, 283
Middleton, Captain, 106
Milanos, the, 148
Milking cows, method of, 334
Millar, Mr., 271
Millett, Mr., 113
Milman, Mr. and Mrs., 407, 411-413, 417, 422, 424
Mines, curious names of, 351
Mir Alam tank, 46
Mirs falconer, the, 5
Mitchell, Mr., 21
Mohamed Hyat Khan, 14
Monkeys, 52
Montefiore, Mr., 314
Mooltan, 14
Moore, Captain, 70
Moran, Cardinal, 312
Moreton Island, 343
Morley, Mr. Arnold, 2
Moscos Group, the, 138
Mosque of Ibrahim Rozah, 51
Mosquitoes, 393
Moulmein, 133
Mount Cook, 392
Mount Gambier, 289, 290
Mount Morgan, 350-358
Mount Morgan Gold-Mining Company, 356
Mount Warning, 342
Mountain of gold, a, 353
Mourillyan sugar-plantation, 380-383
'Mr. Short' (terrier), 259
'Mrs. Sharp' (terrier), 259
Muara coal-mines, Brunei, 167
Mulgrave river, 387
Muriel as 'Little Buttercup,' 137
Murray, Captain, 231
Murray Island, 414, 419
Murray river, 278
Museum at Kuching, 148
Musgrave, Lady, 346
'Myrmidon,' H.M.S., 370
Myrtle Gully, 303
Nash, Major, 113, 115
Nash, Mr., 386
National Aid Society, 3
Native States and army of India, 24, 25
Nats, 125
Nautical entertainments, 137, 221, 261
Nautilidae, 118
Naval Brigade, 322
Naval Volunteers, 314, 350, 359
Nawab of Jinjeera and his wife, 74-76
'Nelson,' H.M.S., 323
Nepean river, 318
Nepenthes, 176
New Caledonia convicts, 407
Newcastle, 325
Newcastle Colliery Company, 329
New Guinea, 418-420
New South Wales Light Horse, 336
Nicholson, General, 14
Night Island, 395
Ninepin Rock, 413, 421
Nizam of Hyderabad, 46
Nobby Head, 328
Normanby Sound, 405
Northumberland Islands, 368
Observatory, the, Mauritius, 429
Occupation at sea, 92
Octopus, 255
Oliver, Mr. Norman, 81, 91
Ootacamund, 94
'Opal,' H.M.S., 323
Opal-mines, 360, 411
Ophthalmia in Australia, 365
Opossums, 245
Orang-outangs, 170
Orchids, 136
Orford Ness, 399
Ostrich-feather trade, 431
Owen, Brigadier-General, 271
Paddy-fields, 100
Pagodas, 122, 123
Palace of the Viceroys, Goa, 85
Palmer, General, 31
Palmer river gold-diggings, 392
Palmerston, 427
Palm Island, 372
Palm oil, 441
Palms, 208, 365, 383
'Paluma,' H.M.S., 369, 370
Pancratiums, 373, 377
Pangaum, 90
Pangeran Bandahara, 165
Pangeran di Gadong, 165
Pangin, or New Goa, 83, 90
Panthers, 113
Papuans, 420
Paramatta, 317
Parel, 62
Parker, Captain, 11
Parkes, Sir Henry, 315, 317
Parrots, 369
Parsee ladies, 58, 68
Patiala, 21, 22, 24, 25
Pearl-divers, 424
Pearl Mosque, Delhi, 26
Pearl-oyster window-panes, 86
Pearl-shell dishes, 166
Pearl-shells, 157, 204, 404, 422
Pearls, 207
Pedley, Dr. and Mrs., 132
Pemberton, Mr. and Mrs., 170, 214, 221, 240
Penal laws in Darnley Island, 417
P. and O. steamers, 4, 5
Pennefather, Mr., 378, 379
Pension list in Labuan, 158
Pepper terraces, Brunei, 167
Percy Isles, 368
Peshawur, 16
Peter Botte Mountain, 390, 428
Phlox Drummondii, 365
Phoongyees, funeral rites of, 124
Photography at sea, 259
Picture-cleaning at Goa, 86
Pigs, wild, 206, 334, 403
Pike, Captain, 392
Pineapples, 201
Pine Island, 368
Piper Islands, 396, 399
Pitcher plants, 169, 176
Pit-ponies, 330
Pitt (steward), accident to, 117
Plaids, origin of, 121
Plant, Colonel and Mrs., 134
Planters in Ceylon, 100
Playford, Mr., 278
Plumieria, 102
Plurality of office in Labuan, 157
Point Amherst, 133
Poison-plant in pastureland, 247
Pomegranates, 248
Poonah, 51
Pope-Hennessy, Sir John, 430
Port Albany, 400
Port Adelaide, 266
Port Darwin, 427
Port Douglas, 389
Port Elizabeth, 431
Port Kennedy, 405
Port Louis, Mauritius, 428
Porto Praya, 442
Portsmouth, 2
Pouce mountain, 428, 430
Poultry, 52, 350
Prahus, 147, 169, 201
Preparis group, the, 116
Primitive settlement, a, 236
Prince of Wales' Island, 409
Pritchett, Mr., 92, 213
Processions in India, 3
'Protector' (gunboat), 266
Providential Channel, 395
Public works contractors of New South Wales, 475
Pumice-stone, 218
Purdah, the, 66, 71, 76
Putso, the, 121
Quarantine Island, 255
Queen's, the, birthday in the colonies, 264
Queensland, as a pastoral country, 345; gold-mines, 352; up-country hotels, 354
Quoit-throwing, 19
Quop, 152
Race-meetings in the colonies, 297, 361
Rail-splitters, 303
Railways, colonial, 233, 266, 332, 436
Rain-hats, 122
Rainsworth, 360
Rajah of Travancore, 94
Rajang river, 154
Rajpoori river, 73
Rajpura, 22
Ralli, Mr., 12
Ramleh Military Hospital, 3
Ranagar Palace, 33
Rangoon, 120
'Rangoon' (steamship), 136
Rangoon river, 119
Rao of Cutch, 61
Ratnagiri, 76
Rats, 153
Rattans, 205
Ravee river, 20
Rawul Pindi, 16, 18
Read, Mr. Sheriff, 293
Reay, Lord and Lady, 4, 5, 12, 13, 57-59, 61, 62, 65-67, 69, 140
Reporters' difficulties, 265
Rest-houses, Burmah, 129
Restoration Island, 395
Rice, 120, 131
Richards, Sir Frederick, 109
Riches, Mr., 277
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs., 307
Robinson, Sir William, 264
Rockhampton, 349, 364
Rockhampton lily, the, 350, 366
Rockingham Channel, 379
Rohri, 13
Romilly, Miss, 288
Roses, 270
Rotan saga, the, 205
Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, 466
Royal Sydney Yacht Club, 322
Runjeet Singh's tomb, Lahore, 15, 16
Russell, Dr., quoted, 87
'Ryujo' (Japanese corvette), 266
Sad incident, a, 79
Saddle Island, 413
Sago, 162
Sahyadri Ghats, the, 81
Sailors, heedless and imitative, 95, 96
Salomons, Mr., 317
Salter, Dr., 424
Salvation Army in the colonies, 336
Salwen river, 133, 134
Sami Rock, the, 114
Sandakan, 185
Sandakan Bay, 175, 178
Sandflies, 401
Sandford, Sir Herbert, 269
S. Cajetan, Goa, 86
S. Caterina, Goa, 87, 88
Sapa Gaya river, 178
Sar-Bahr, Gwalior, 28
Saribowa (volcano), 219
Sarongs, 182, 213
Savage, Mr., 418-420
Saw-mills, 237
Schinnahal Tank, Ulwar, 27
Schonburg, Dr., 276
Schramud, Mr., 401, 404
Sea-horses, 111
Sea-slugs, 394, 396, 397
Secunderabad, 36
Secundra Bagh, Lucknow, 31
Segama river, 188, 194
Shaftesbury, Lord, 325
Shah Dura, the, 19, 20
'Shannon,' P. and O., 231
Sharks, 412
Shearston, Mr., 316
Sheep-rearing, 247, 360, 361
Shelbourne Bay, 399
Shells, 392, 397
Sherwin, Miss Amy (the Australian Nightingale), 295
Shikarpur, 11-13
Shway Dagohu pagoda, Burmah, 124
Shepparton, 306, 307
Sierra Leone, 440-442
Silam, 186, 203
Silver-mines, 273
Silverton, 273
Simon, Dr., 141
Singapore, 141
Sir Deva Sing, 24
Sir Dinshaw Manockjee Petit, 63
'Sir Roger,' 15, 66, 187, 332, 353, 411, 412, 418
Sir Salar Jung, 35, 39, 42, 49
'Sirocco' (steamship), 99
Slaves of the Pagoda, 127
Smallpox, 172
Smith, Colonel Euan, 29, 137
Snakes, 159, 401, 403
Solitary Islands, 342
Somerset, 400
South Australia, area, climate, and capabilities of, 428
South Australian Geographical Society, 270
South Australian Yacht Club, 267
Spears, 252
Speculation in Australia, 393
Speeches of Lord Brassey:— to Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Adelaide, 466, 467; Adelaide Chamber of Commerce, 468; Imperial Federation League, Melbourne, 471-475; Public Works contractors, Sydney, 475-478
Sponge, 390
Sprigg, Sir Gordon, 433, 434, 436
Springsure, 360, 362
Springwood, 319
Squalls, 225
St. Antonio, 443
St. Francis Xavier's tomb, Goa, 88
St. Helena, 437
St. John Ambulance Association, 71, 143, 183, 276, 312, 315, 322, 342, 346, 359, 364, 424
St. Quintin, Colonel, 310
St. Vincent, 442
Stafford, Lord and Lady, 132
Stake, Inquisition, at Goa, 89
Star of the East Mine, Ballarat, 282
Stations, cattle, in Queensland, 360, 362
Steam-tram in the jungle, 383
Steering at sea, careless, 388
Stellenbosch, 434
Stevens, Captain and Mrs., 407, 411
Stevenson, Mr., 346
Stewart, Mr. and Mrs., 233, 237, 239
Stock, Mr., 265
Stockmen, 362
Straits of Macassar, 208
Suanlamba river, 178
Subterranean banquet, a, 331
Sugar-cultivation, 376, 381, 384, 385, 388, 430
Sukhur, 12, 13
Sultan of Brunei, 160, 163, 165
Sultan of Johore, 141, 165
Sultan of Sulu, 165
Sulus, the, 166, 198, 204, 206
Sumbawa, 217
Sumpitans, or blowpipes, 156
'Sunbeam,' her capital sailing qualities, 5; dimensions of, 461; summary of her cruise, 462-465
Sundyaks, the, 181
Sunflowers, 102
Sunstroke, 95, 96
Surgery, amateur, 144, 404
Sydney, 309
Symes, Mr. and Mrs., 121, 132, 407, 423
Table Bay, 432, 433
Table Mountain, 433
'Tab's' shooting excursion, 186, 206
Tainpasick river, 168
Taj, Agra, 29
Tamieri, the, 121
Tamworth, 332
Tank, of Mir Alam, 38; in the Nizam's Palace, Hyderabad, 46; at Khurseed Jah's, 48
'Tannadice' (steamship), 399
Tapang-tree, the, 192
Tawoomba, 340
Teak, 132
Temple of the Sun, Mooltan, 14
Tenasserim, 138
Tenterfield, 332
Tent-pegging, 19
Terceira, 446
Terowie, 273
'Thames,' P. & O., 4, 5
Theatricals at sea, 137, 221, 261
Theebaw, King, 76, 77
Thermometers, 270
Thompson, Mr., 350
Thukkar quoit-throwing, 19
Thunbergia venusta, 350, 365
Thursday Island, 400, 405, 412, 423
Thwaites, Dr., 102
Timber stations, 178
Timber-waggons, 354
Timber-yards, 130, 131
Timbu Mata Island, 186
'Times,' the, on the cruise of the 'Sunbeam,' 461-465
Tin-mines, 339
'Tip-up,' a, 279
Titles, native, at Hyderabad, 50
Todd, Mr., 27
Todhunter, Mr. and Mrs., 361
Tomb of the Emperor Hamayun, Delhi, 26
Tombs of the Kings, Golkonda, 35
Tonic-water bottles used as temple ornaments, 123
Torres Straits, 425
Towers of Silence, Bombay, 37
Towns, etc., chief, visited by Lady Brassey:— Alexandria, 3; Cairo, 4; Kurrachee, 10; Shikarpur, 12; Mooltan, 14; Lahore, 14; Peshawur, 16; Rawul Pindi, 18; Amritsar, 21; Rajpura, 22; Patiala, 21-25; Delhi, 26; Jeypore, 27; Agra, 29; Gwalior, 30; Cawnpore, 30; Lucknow, 31; Benares, 32; Hyderabad, 34; Secunderabad, 36; Bijapur, 51; Poonah, 51; Bombay, 56; Goa, 82; Colombo, 97; Trincomalee, 107; Rangoon, 119; Moulmein, 133; Singapore, 141; Borneo, 143; Labuan, 155; Brunei, 160; Eleopura, 175; Celebes, 203; Albany, 230; Adelaide, 264; Ballarat, 281; Geelong, 286; Melbourne, 287; Sydney, 309; Newcastle, 326; Brisbane, 342
Townsville, 370, 371
Traill, Captain, 301
Trans-Australian railway, a, 428
Transvaal, the, 436
Traveller's palm, 142
Traveller's tree, 429
Travelling in Australia, 274
Treacher, Mr., 176, 183, 185, 188, 206
Tree-ferns, 302
Trepang, 397
Trimulgherry, 37
Trimen, Dr., 102
Trincomalee, 107
Trinear, Mr., 355
Tropical forests, 197
Troubridge, 262
Trout, 303
Tudhope, Mr., 434
Turpentine-trees, 348
Turtle, 421
Turtles' eggs, 150
Tyler, Dr., 30
Typhoid fever, 231
Tyssen, Mr., 340
Ulett (English coachman), 35
Ulwar, 27
Umbrella palms, 383
Umbrellas as insignia of rank, 165
Unseaworthy ships, 444, 445
Vaccination, 172
Vancouver's Ledge, 230
Vasco de Gama, 84, 86, 94
Verdon, Sir George, 288
'Vernon' (reformatory ship), 314, 322
Vine-cultivation, 434
Volcanic waves, 218
Volunteers in Australia, 292
Von Babo, Baron, 433
Vultures, 57
Walker, Mr., 178, 180, 183
Walker, Mr. and Mrs., 333-335
Wallabies, 379
Wallace, quoted, 214, 218
Walsh, Mr., 380
Warburton, Major, 17
War dances, 181
Wardlaw, Mr. and Mrs., 378
War jackets, 148, 159
Warrangara, 357
Watcher of a gold mine, 354
Water-carrier, 30
Waterfalls, 387, 388
Waterfield, Colonel, 16, 17
Water-lilies, 112
Watson, Elizabeth, tragic story of, 394
Watson's Bay, 310, 311
Watt river, 303
Wax candles as complimentary gifts, 163, 164
Weapons, native, 149, 184, 213, 214
Wedding, Hindoo, 43
Wellington Lodge, 279
Wentworth Falls, 319
West African Telegraph Company, 442
West Cape Howe, 229
West India Regiment, the, 442
West Maitland, 332
Weymouth Bay, 396
Whalers, 445
Whales, 258
White, Mr. Frank, suicide of, 78-80
White ants, 151, 159
White bird's-nests, 178
Whitsunday Island, 369
Whitsunday Passage, 368
Wild bees, 192
Wild cattle, 171
Williamstown, 298
Wilson, Mr., 178, 180, 183, 184
Wine-making, 300
Wollahra centre of St. John Ambulance Association, 322
Wolseley, Colonel, 21
Woman's Suffrage Society, Victoria, 288
Women's hats at Brunei, 160
Wood-cutting, 238
Woodgate, Mr. Herbert, 273
Wool, 328
Wright, Mr., 401-403
York Islands, 413
Young, Mr., 256
Zamia alsophila, 383
Zulus, 437
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