Correspondence with the Colonial Secretary's Office

making his living by so doing in this district since I have been stationed here. I distinctly deny this charge as untrue and unfounded.

Fourthly that I am a licensed butcher and trade in meat and produce.

The only foundation for this charge is that a man named Boyle who lives on the opposite side of the River from the Police Camp, and about three hundred yards distant had often come over and asked for beef when the Butcher had not supplied him and on several occasions where his wife and children were ill they have asked me for mutton, which I supplied them with as a neighbour and when circumstances compelled me to kill my own beef, and knowing from the butcher that he had refused to supply Boyle with beef, Boyle agreed with me to kill alternately and that we should have fresh meat oftener, I killed the first beast and Boyle got a quarter and the river coming down Boyle was unable to get a beast to kill the second one. So I again killed and Boyle took another quarter and when beef was required the third time I sent word to Boyle who then informed me that he had tried to get a beast from MacAusland Mess^rs Scotts stockman at the Stone Hut who had refused to supply him, consequently consequently [sic., repeated] he