That Troublesome Infant ContinuedGranny Dibbs: "Now, then, Johnny, get the bottle filled and he'll be all right."
New Treasurer: "Yes, that's all very well, but where's the milk to come from?"
Granny Dibbs: "Oh, you'll find plenty in the Customs House, and I've noticed lots of cows running at large on unimproved lands all over the place."
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| A Troublesome Infant | Hop |
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| Two Men in a Boat | Hop |
Two Men in a BoatN.S.W. Colonial Treasurer: “Look here, old man, I don’t think she’ll float much longer.”
Premier: “Nonsense! Keep on baling; I never knew her to sink yet, and I’ve used that baler for 40 years.”
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| “More Politic Than Fiscal” | Hop |
“More Politic Than Fiscal”Treasurer Macmillion: “Hang it all? If I only knew who was going to get left in this trouble, what a fiscal could get up!”
[Ed. Hop depicts Sir William McMillan, NSW politician and merchant. See A. W. Martin, 'McMillan, Sir William (1850–1926)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.]
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| The Fiscal Question-in New South Wales | Hop |
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| “Those Political Thugs” | Hop |
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| Those Treasury Bills | Hop |
Those Treasury Bills[Henry] Parkes utilises his private experience in public finance.Mr. Micawber Parkes: “Thank God, that little bill's settled.”
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| Once Again |
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| Daylight Robbery—the Demons of Trade and Their Victim | Hop |
Daylight Robbery—the Demons of Trade and Their VictimSuggested by the Recent Short-Weight Investigations.
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| Darley’s Sacrifice |
Darley’s SacrificePlain Bill, (to Darley): “See here, Old Boy. If you go in there you’ll have to leave at least half of that bundle behind.”
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| The New Joan of Arc | Hop |
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| A Fellow Feeling Makes Us Wondrous Kind |
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| The Financial “Policy” of the Future—What It May Come To |
The Financial “Policy” of the Future—What It May Come To
“The Walker Estate will under the Stamp Duties’ Act bring the welcome sum of £80,000 into the empty N.S.W. Treasury.”—Daily Paper.
Future Treasurer (to Physician in, charge of Moribund Millionaire): “Well, how is our patient today?”
Physician: “Why he has rallied a bit, and I am now going to give him a dose which we only give in extreme cases.’
Treasurer: “Ah—hum ah, doctor, if you gould manage just to let them have it rather stronger than usual—you see the public exchequer is so depleted, and this estate is such a very large one.” (It is really too horrible to think of.)