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had gins whilst working for Mr
McLean, and this [sic] gins are found in
tobacco and clothes by the boys, as they
did not care to work with gins naked -
Very often, gins have been treated very
badly at the camp, being beaten and even
kicked if the would not go and work, by
Mr McLean.

Mr McLean keeps a gin for the use of
a Kanaka at his public house. Once
Mrs McLean came to my camp when
Mr McLean was away and asked me
to come and protect her agains drunken
Kanaks to whom she had given grog.
On boxing night 5 or 6 Kanakas cleared
the whole house of whitemen, one Willie
Ford, Peter Egers and others -

I have made complaints before to
Inspector Morrisset and also to the Sergeant
of Police, and to the Major Fanning and
to the Present Magistrate - As I could not
get any satisfactory answer from them
I have been compelled to write to you
and I hope that you will cause full
inquiry to be made about the matter -

I am,
Sir
Your obedient servant
Daniel Hart.