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Autograph letter dated from the Melbourne Club describing their delayed disembarkation at Brisbane, caused by the doctor having left before their arrival on Saturday night and not working on Sunday; and his trip by train to Sydney then Melbourne, being taken straight to the races, with a description of the race track and the running of the Melbourne Cup, which was won by the favourite Apologue. He gives a diary of their schedule in Melbourne and includes a newspaper cutting reporting his visit, describing the attentions of reporters and photographers as' beyond a joke'. He has the use of the Commissioner of the Victoria Railway Company's private car [carriage] which is a comfortable way of inspecting the lines. He has also been given an office in the Stock Exchange Building, while taking meals at the Melbourne Club. Electrification is a political question in Victoria and he feels that he must take care with his recommendations. He talks about the weather and what a lovely city Melbourne is.