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Queensland Railways
Cheif Engineer's Office
Brisbane. 19th April 1913.

For [sir]
Station Names - Mackay to St. Lawrence Line.
Sir,
I shallbe obliged if you will favor me with some
Aboriginal names and their Engllish meanings, for stations at
the undermentioned mileages on the Mackay-St. Lawrence Line:-

Mileage	Nature of Country
0 Miles	Cultivation.
2 Miles 47 Chains	Cultivation.
5 " 19 "	Sugarcane.
8 " 16 "	Popular Gum - Swampy country.
10 " 15 "	Crown Land.
12 " 60 "	Thick Bloodwood Gum.
14 " 15 "	Alligator Creek.
18 " 17 "	Cultivation - Sugarcane.

I regret being compelled to trouble you so often.
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
[N]G Bell
Chief Engineer.
The Chief Protector of Aboriginals, [signature]
B r i s b a n e.