ir joy at our reappearance, which, we found, had been long
despaired of, and to offer their aid in supplying our wants. A public
subscription was set on foot, which, in a very few weeks, by the liberal
contributions which flowed in from all parts of the Colony, amounted to
upwards of Fifteen Hundred pounds; and in the Legislative Council, a
motion was brought forward, which, by the unanimous vote of that House,
and the ready concurrence of His Excellency, Sir George Gipps, the
Governor, devoted a Thousand Pounds out of the Public Revenue to our use.
In the Appendix to this volume, will be found the very handsome letter,
in which the Hon. Mr. E. Deas Thomson, the Colonial Secretary, conveyed
to me this resolution of the Government; and an account of the
proceedings taken at the School of Arts, on the 21st September, when His
Honor, The Speaker, Dr. C. Nicholson, presented me with that portion of
the public subscription, which the Committee of the Subscribers had
awarded. In laying these documents before the Public, I will leave it to
be supposed how vain would be any attempt of mine to express my gratitude
to that generous people to whom I have inscribed this humble narrative.

APPENDIX.

LETTER FROM THE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO DR. LEICHHARDT.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney, 25th June, 1846.

Sir,--I do myself the honour to inform you that the Auditor General has
been requested to prepare a warrant for the payment, out of the Crown
Revenue, of a gratuity of 1000 pounds to yourself and party which
accompanied you in your recent expedition to Port Essington; in
consideration of the successful issue of that very perilous enterprise;
the fortitude and perseverance displayed by the persons engaged in it;
and the advantages derived from it to the Colony; and I beg to add, that
it is with much gratification that I make this communication to you.

The money is to be divided in the manner stated below, which the Governor
has considered reasonable, after weighing all the circumstances of the
case, and advising with the gentleman who waited on His Excellency on
Friday the 11th instant, and who formed a deputation from the Committee,
who have superintended the collection and distribution of the money (1400
pounds.) raised in Sydney by voluntary subscription, in testimony of the
services rendered to the Colony by you and your companions, viz.

Dr. Leichhardt 600 pounds
Mr. Calvert