The public meeting, held at Blaenau Ffestiniog on 16 February 1865, was addressed by Lewis Jones (1836-1904). The page also features an advertisement for passage to the Welsh Settlement on board the ship 'Halton Castle', which was to depart on 25 April 1865. However, following a series of unforeseen events, it was the 'Mimosa' that eventually carried the first contingent of Welsh emigrants from Liverpool to Patagonia, some weeks later than advertised.