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As to our impressions of Port Darwin was that it is not an unpleasant place to live in but rather too
warm in summer, at the time of our call of course the weather was splendid. The town itself is built on elevated ground
with a good view of the area. There are not many European families, the bulk of the population being Chinese
who seem to be a thriving orderly community. The Governor [?] responsible Mr. Price is said to watch carefully over
their necessities and sees that no injustice is done to them by the white man. They hold an open market
in the middle of the principal street in which they reside and we saw plenty of sugar cane millings cabbages meat
and other things laid out for sale. It was all cleared off at an early hour. The fish were
from four pence to sixpence a pound. There are only two butchers established in the town and the orders have
to be given before in order to secure supply.

The principal hotel is Pickfords which is well conducted and a roomy establishment. The charge for meals
is two shillings each and two shillings for bed for weekly boarders and the charge is 30/- shillings
per week which is very moderate and the bill of fare is not bad. The principal buildings in Port Darwin
or Palmerston (which is the name of the town) are the Government buildings namely the Customs, Post Office
Telegraph Office, the Police Barracks, Doctors residence, residents houses and one or two Banks.
We stayed at the hotel during our detention at Port Darwin. At this time of the year the fever is very bad.
The Doctor is a Government official and is paid about 500 pounds a year for looking after the health
of the officials. In addition he is also the Protector of the blacks and has a pretty good private practice.
I owed ten shillings to Sid while at Port Darwin to make up sufficient to pay my hotel
expenses.

At Adcock Brothers Store we purchased six boxes of soap chamois leather