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  2. S. to Archer Point} Fluently [written vertically] Cooktown district / N. to McIvor River} Fluently [written vertically] Cooktown district / W. to Normanby River} Fluently [written vertically] Cooktown district

two hundred (200) including Men
Women & Children & taught them
to work, having full charge of
them for some considerable time,
the majority of the Natives at present
working & in mission station, at
Bloomfield River, being the same as
mustered by me.
3. In March 1885, I took Sixty
four Cooktown district Blacks to
Johnstone River for purpose of
felling Scrub, & carried out this
work to the satisfaction of my
employers, Bartle Frere Land Investment
Coy, Brisbane.
4. I speak two Native dialects.
1. S. to Cape Tribulation} Fairly} [written vertically] Bloomfield district
N. to Archer Point} Fairly [written vertically] Bloomfield district
W. to Walsh River} [written vertically] Bloomfield district
2. S. to Archer Point} Fluently [written vertically] Cooktown district
N. to McIvor River} Fluently [written vertically] Cooktown district
W. to Normanby River} Fluently [written vertically] Cooktown district
5. My success in dealing with
Natives, & the interest I take in
them, for their improvement.
The following gentlemen will
testify to my ablity in dealing
with colored men.
Dr K. I. O'Doherty. Dr T. Bancroft Jr.
Inspector Fitzgerald. Sub Inspectors
Marrett, Brooke & Margetts.
F. Bauer Esq., Bloomfield River &
D.T. Seymour Esq., Com. of Police
I remain, Sir
Your obedt Servant
[signed] T. C. C. Coventry
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