(Cheers.) Having thanked his fellow-colonists for the very hearty reception accorded them on their return, Mr.Forrest spoke in very complimentary terms of the other members of the expedition.

The two natives were first-rate fellows, and, as for Sweeney and Kennedy, he would never wish to have better companions in the bush.

They were always for going ahead; no thought of turning back ever entered their heads; in their greatest privations not a murmur escaped their lips.

(Loud cheers.) Mr.L.S.Leake said: "The toast I have to propose is South Australia and the Sister Colonies--a sentiment which I think might most appropriately have immediately followed on the speech of my noble friend, Mr.John Forrest, who by his remarks paved the way to the few words I have to say.
Why South Australia should be placed before the other colonies on this occasion it is not difficult to conjecture.

She has, above all others, gained our affection by her kind and hospitable treatment of our fellow-colonists, our respected guests this evening who were received in Adelaide with even greater honour than the son of our beloved Queen.
(Cheers.) With reference to Mr.Forrest himself, Western Australia should be proud of having produced such a man; and I only wish I had arrived in the colony four years and a half earlier, so that I might lay claim to having been born here.