Ships, trains and cars: the Governor-General on the move Ships 'Government is very liberal in allowing the Governor the use of the Government Steamers to carry his family, servants, baggage, carriages and horses to and from Auckland or Christchurch to Wellington free of expense,' Dudley Alexander, private secretary to Lord Ranfurly (1897–1904), advised. They needed it. A fully equipped vice-regal party could haul 60 tonnes of equipment and stores up to the Queen City for the annual Auckland season.
