Show observations OF AUSTRALIA by W perron utah sydney is a very progressive and up to dite city also one of the leading cities ot aust dl a austral a has a population of about 4 people and I 1 may sa that in one s agle day thra ar more peoli travel by the electr cars and boats than tw ce the number of people are 11 the ent re stat of utah aie t vo large cliffa wh eh mark the entrance to kyine harbor thes are called the sydny aads and th ansa far above the water they can aseen for son d stance but to avoid al abc dents thre are two large houses one on each s de of the harbor which is about one ie wida from th mortn to the south had and the chann 1 is sufficiently deep for tha hargea vessels to enter from v hat leal larn there are ab ut ls t coast line inside ati harbor and small w th pie s ure resorts gie the inner south 1 ead a ale berth as there is d dangerous reef v inch runs some a stance out on wi ich stands the ligh bouse oi enteen the heads the coir e turns sharply to the southward aej on making th s turn on notes the tin station nd au the city of manly with its large s baths and its plea uie resorts a mi bevoni to enter sydn harbor after the shades of bigit have fallen and to survey the scene of the n fron fro n the deck of a large steade anchored in th bay gives an impression quit and never to b n perhaps no two persons even sa v exactly tho giroo beau etui s ant the poet has s 1 and what is so rare is a dav in june but I 1 answer anter na syd y gaibor at 10 p of one of nature grandes evenings of the sane sa ne month nature has formed australia alii with one of the best prettiest a d most p harbors in the world and around it is bu it th city of sydney from the heads to sydney cave is over foul ls and the harbor extends leveal les further into the mouth of the river the average width of th harbor is about one mile and about and around the gardens is a high wall which breaks th heavy seaf in tt e are a var eav of s aall lakes on eldnar eld nap and compact verdant law is wh ie everywhere ferns palms and trop cal pla its greet the eye N of interest inte iest are the zoological gardens or park thea gard ns ar owned by tie new south wal s zoological society and aro situated alfongs de thi car 1 to Ri dafick the ground was presented to the society in 1881 and soon after the form ng of the zoology began there are ten acres of land in the lot wh ch is div ded into three terraces in which aie u fire collection of lions t gc s jaguars pumas leap bears kangaroos kanga ioos wallabies sn aked monkeys and many of wb ch have ben turned i the mountains in various pares of the state ind also elephants which carry on all over the zoological depart ment for a or i d me sydney has a splendid museum which is s fuated on the baat s d of hyde park it war founded in and was designe by tie colonial architect mr jas barntt anere ar two floors in the bu 11 ng each feet in length and aa feet wide there is to b feind in th s building one ot the finest collections Australi ahas include ng a great collection of australian b ads and good sp birons of absolutely every k own species the library isains 1500 volumes on natural history there i also a fine art gallery in about two blocks from ohp museum it was founded in 1871 and contain a fin collection of p ures and statues on the cor er of B nt Mac ats fa in the botan cal gardens stands the fin 1 arary of sydia which was fo in 18 an the book therein number abolt 03 in wh ch may ba found a copy pf the alist shakespeare folio 1623 being oie of the maat valuable and on appi cation one can inspect an 1 handle books that were printed hundreds of years ago there are also many english and american papers on fils and among them is the D sere vs which is pub lish d in salt like city the royal mint is agather place well worth see nf her laroe quantities of the gold of new auth wales are bin cont dually converted corver ted into sovereigns which are worth about 0 o 00 ind half wh ch are worth 2 50 in th s nt well as in others of austral a one can see the gold go from the melting pals so the moulds and the process is very interesting to th visitor it seems as though the gold is plentiful and the gold sovereigns by the hillred co na cl nimg out of the moulds as tl fugn they were worthless trifles the 1 is one of the finast bu id in australia it faces martin place hav ng a of ft there and a frontage of ft on P tt and georg streets it is of stone supported bv granit pillars and it has three arents in the center upon the cantril of wh ch a bold clock tower rises ft fron which one his a flie view of the tv the 1 ne of the ed fice is with a statu of alen vie eria in robes of re attended b two flying heralds of edme ird set upon a pi adt of polished ardi te at the foot two norb e figures represent ing br tannia and N S wales clasp hands aero s the globe there are man mothr statues wh ci lec the bu id rf such is busts of governors Go vernois of N S wales and of members of the roval fam ly another larg bu id ng is the town hall wh ch is s fuated on george st 1 aing a fJon tago of feet and on pruitt st feet it has a fine clock tower feet agi by a dome front b a larg classic entrance hall and vestibule th attar 83 fet boig a f t h gh and 51 feet wid the structure tur con bains as well ds th co in il chambers the maor and aid amin s a d host of clerical a and th n tennial hall tn antem al hall is sa d to b the largest of its kind in the world its length is 16 feet width 80 feet and heigh h 65 feet it seats peoli in the auditorium and th orchestra plat form can accommodate in the west end of the hall is birge t finest and most complete organs in the dolid it possesses 6 keyboards stops and p pes the p pes vary in length from a fraction of an inch to 61 feet and in circumference from of an inch to 41 feet th anstrum nt cost or rec atals concerts ap etc held here t the entire year the edifice cost 1 and is con posed of famous pyrmont stole un fortunately th streets of this great city are narrow and crooked cart rg and fre ia in many respects behind the times in the whole of australia Austi alia if or instance it is not unusual to see a teamster working from ehret to five heroes and walking leading the leader which will be pull ng most of the load while those on the wheel are holding back very few are used in this country austral a but in their stead caits are used with one horse in the shafts and two or three driven 11 coi ti act i bixl ixl |