Correspondence with the Colonial Secretary's Office

H M S Basilisk Sunday 17^th March 1872

Sir,

I have the honor to forward under a separate cover the Statement taken before me at the Police Court Cardwell relative to the wreck of the Brig Maria

I regret that want of time prevented my writing to you more fully. I will write to Governor Blackall after taking the evidence of the men saved from the rafts

I have the honor to be Sir Your most obedient Servant

[signed] Brinsley G Sheridan PM [Police Magistrate]

The Under Co^l [Colonial] Secretary Brisbane