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The expenses connected with the
provisioning of the men and
their maintenance at Thursday
Island amounted to £5" 16s" 11
which I have charged to Charlie
Coen, deducting it from the a-
-mount of £14 found in his
possession when arrested.

There will be some small
additional expenses for which
vouchers will be furnished

Concerning[?] that it will be
desirable to follow up and
repress this nefarious traffic
in Binjis who are mere children
I have taken steps to ensure this
being done -

I am not myself able to
leave Thursday Island, in con
sequence of the serious illness
of my wife, but I have arranged
with Captain Borne[?] to take
Mr F. G. Symes the Shelling Master
in a Shelling boat to Darnley
Island in order to inquire into
the matter and to ascertain
something