I have already mentioned in a pre-letter the remarkable manifestation by all classes in the Colony of their appreciation of the achievements of Sir Henry May daring his twenty-eight years of service in the Colony. Sir Henry and Lady May and family left the Colony for the Fiji Islands on Saturday, ind nothing could better testify to their popularity than the very large crowd mich assembled ty Hall and at the pier to witness their departure and givethems parting cheer. Sir Henry May was so touched by these demonstrations that when he rose at the City Hall to return thanks for the Addresses pre-tented to bim, he was so overcome by emotion that he bad to beckon to Mr. Hough to nine on to the platform to read the reply which he had prepared,
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