steamer with good saloon + smoking room forward. There was draft bed from Australia on board + many other comforts. At 5 P.M. dined with Corington for circus show ride to the Botanic Gardens, which are about 2 miles out of town. The gardens are well arranged with trees, shrubs flowers and all the plants are labelled with their scientific names but no English or native or family names appear. One of the old plants was a very large red stemmed palm a small size. There were large crimson flowered cardas + colias new to me. Many children with their Chinese nurse mothers were playing about