And the Council further requests that your Excellency will be pleased to cause one of the said Medals to be conferred on Captain Francis Cadell, who completed the first commercial voyage, as owner and commander of the Lady Augusta steamer and Eureka barge, with a cargo of Murray wool; and the remaining medal may be deposited with the records of the Legislature of South Australia, under whose sanction the necessary pecuniary aid was voted in encouragement of the steam navigation of the River Murray.
JOHN MORPHETT, Speaker.
Legislative Council Chamber, Adelaide,
21st October, 1853.
Reply of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor.
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen—
I receive with great gratification the Address which you have presented to me.
In conformity with your request, I shall cause Medals of South Australian Gold to be struck, in commemoration of the opening up of the commerce and navigation of the river Murray.
I shall have great pleasure in conferring on Captain Cadell the Medal by which the Lieutenant-Governor and Legislature desire to distinguish him with honour, in having successfully accomplished the first commercial steam voyage on the river Murray.