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- COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, -
No. 3847
JULY 1883
QUEENSLAND.
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17/83

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Police.

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Sub. Inspector Carr
Police Office
Barron River #
July 14th 1883

Report on treatment, &c, of Aborigines @ #

The Honble
The Colonial Secretary
Brisbane

Sir

I have the honor to make the following
report for your information, with regard to
the Aborigines in this part of the Cook
District.

According to your instructions I have
used my best endeavours to get the different
tribes under subjection without using
harsh measures with them, and have so
far succeeded that there are now several
mobs in at the different townships and
Stations in the district, all of whom seem
peaceably disposed toward the white pop-
ulation and their property

There has now been no outrage committed
in my district for the last six months
with the exception of the murder of Mr
Charles Desaley [sic] who was himself entirely
to blame for his untimely end. The black
who speared Mr Desaley [sic], has since been
killed by his own tribe.

The expenditure up to the present
time on the Walsh and Mitchell blacks
has been comparatively small, as the
owners of stations have in some
instances borne part of the expense
of feeding them.
The

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Acknowledge receipt
& say that these reports
should in future be made
through the head of his
department
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28 Jul 83

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E. H. Carr
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