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- Robert Sheridan, Esq.
- William H. Stephen, Esq.
- Henry Gullett, Esq., Editor of the Australasian.
- Thomas H. Fitzgerald, Esq.
- Eccleston du Faur, Esq.
In addition to the above-named gentlemen, the writer desires to offer his thanks to the Editors of the South Australasian Register, and of several other newspapers in the colonies with whose names he is not acquainted, but whose kindness in inserting his letters in their columns contributed so materially to the accomplishment of his object. Indeed, it is certain that without the support both of the press and of the several Colonial Governments, it would not have been possible to extend the inquiries on which this work is based sufficiently to enable either the writer, or perhaps posterity, to obtain any comprehensive information on the subject.
