Thither came by various rails of steep gradient, by timber-shoots and cable-rails, by aerial cables and precipitating tubes, wealth from over ground and under it; for as our Land is all mountains, and as these tower up to the clouds, transport to the sea shall be easy and of little cost when once the machinery is established.

As everything of much weight goes downward, the cars of the main tunnel of the port shall return upward without cost.

We can have from the mountains a head of water under good control, which will allow of endless hydraulic power, so that the whole port and the mechanism of the town to which it will grow can be worked by it.
"This work can be put in hand at once.

So soon as the place shall be perfectly surveyed and the engineering plans got ready, we can start on the main tunnel, working from the sea-level up, so that the cost of the transport of material will be almost nil.

This work can go on whilst the forts are building; no time need be lost.
"Moreover, may I add a word on National Defence?
We are, though old in honour, a young nation as to our place amongst Great Powers.