Personnel of the Party.

There were over 80 people on the train, including 58 business men, 14 Government officials and the railway staff.

The following is a list of those who travelled on the train:—

Messrs. H. T. Merritt, president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce; J. A. C. Allum, J. W. Andrew, R. Angus, J. Arneil, C. M. Bartley, C. F. Bennett, F. W. Blakey, Professor Belshaw, Messrs. C. E. Clinkard, W. Coltman, C. M. Croft (Canadian Trade Commissioner), Paul Cropper, W. M. Dawn, A. Eccles, W. R. Ellingham, A. W. Essex (Canadian Pacific Railways), W. R. Fee, J. Findlay, G. Finn, Julian B. Foster (United States Trade Commissioner), G. M. Fowlds, W. Fraser, A. A. Gray, N. Walker, J. P. Hooton, Gainor Jackson, T. G. Julian, O. Jones, J. Kidson, E. Kitchener, W. D. Lambie (Deputy British Trade Commissioner), S. H. Levland, J. T. D. Lloyd, A. G. Lunn, R. C. M. Laird, R. P. M. Manning, R. B. Marshall, A. E. Moore, E. P. Neale, A. C. Norden, A. M. Paterson, T. R. Procter, J. R. Rendell, A. A. Ross, John Schischka, A. M. Seaman, J. B. Shacklock, G. G. Shierlaw, S. Takle, Campbell Thomson, G. L. Thorburn, B. Turner, T. C. Webster, F. M. Winstone, J. T. Winter, E. Yates, E. W. Yates; and staff reporters of three Auckland daily newspapers.

The Government officials were: Mr. H. H. Sterling, General Manager of Railways; Mr. F. W. Furkett, Engineer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department; Mr. J. W. Collins, secretary of the Department of Industries and Commerce; Mr. E. Phillips Turner, Director of Forestry; Mr. P. W. Smallfield, Mr. W. T. Collins and Mr. W. Dempster, of the Department of Agriculture; Mr. E. Casey, Divisional Superintendent of Railways; Mr. D. Rodie, Commercial Manager of Railways; Mr. A. W. Wellsted, Auckland Business Agent; Mr. J. G. Rickerby, District Traffic Manager; Mr. G. G. Stewart, officer in charge of the Publicity Branch of the Railways and editor of the “Railways Magazine”; and Mr. A. H. W. Evenden, North Island Supervisor of the Refreshment Branch. Mr. J. T. Collin, of the Railway Department, accompanied the party as secretary.