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him that the Bench had / appointed Constable Robinson / to collect the Electoral List between
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"""No one to mind Camp if / Robinson had to go on this duty. / Above letter was first intimation"

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Bynoe Native Police station, to
the effect that he had on the
previous evening received a
letter from the Police Magistrate
at Normanton informing
him that the Bench had
appointed Constable Robinson
to collect the Electoral List between
the Bynoe Station and the "Cloncurry"
inclusive, and advising that
a Native Trooper and an ample
supply of Horses should be
afforded him as the Roll
had to be Collected by the end
of the month, and concluding,
"No one to mind Camp if
Robinson had to go on this duty.
Above letter was first intimation
of the proceedings I had. Quite
impossible to collect the Roll in time
stipulated. Full instructions
required".
Upon the same date I
telegraphed to the Police Magistrate
"Normanton" requesting him to
appoint Civilians throughout the
District, as the Police could
not be spared.
This Telegram was sent
by me under an honest conviction
that the interests of the Public
Service demanded it – to which
I