Original sentence: Various measurements of the peak originally called by that name showed it to be slightly lower than its neighbour, Mount Townsend, and the names were thereupon transposed by the New South Wales Lands Department, so that Mount Kosciuszko still remains the highest peak of Australia, and Mount Townsend ranks as second
Edited sentence: Various measurements of the peak originally called by that name showed it to be slightly lower than its neighbour, Mount Townsend, and rather than re-educating the populace that the highest mountain was Mount Townsend, the names were transposed by the New South Wales Lands Department, so that Mount Kosciuszko still remains the name of the highest peak of Australia, and Mount Townsend ranks as second