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Police

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- COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, -
No. 1304
MAR 16
1882
QUEENSLAND. 3/1882

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OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
883 [signed] I. COOK
13. 3. 82
QUEENSLAND

Away

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Police Office
Cooktown
March 2 : 1882

Sir

I have the honor to forward
a letter received from the
Harbour Master Line, which I
resulted in my interviewing
the man Steven Barry and
ascertaining that he had taken

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B.C.
the Hon
the Colonial Secretary
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This forcible carrying
away of gins is the cause of much of the
ill feeling existing towards whites but I
do not know any way of preventing it.

[signed] D.T. Seymour
Cmr
14. 3. 82

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this
much
[?]n, between

I have the honor
to be Sir
Your obed. Sert
[signed] H FitzGerald
Insp

[initials] [R.A.?]
No. 8
[B.C.?]
15 . 3 . 82
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ag[ainst]
you[ng]
resis[t.]
this gin
ago from
by a recruit[ing]
was in Capt[ain]
in his boat.
was about to e[nter]
agreement with

The
Inspector of Police
Cooktown

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