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• ◇Davis/Davies□corridor placeline 5

  The Hon. The Colonial Secretary Brisbane / Mathias Davis respectfully / begs to state to The Hon. Colonial Secretary

• ◇Davis/Davies□corridor placeline 7

  begs to state to The Hon. Colonial Secretary / that if he will read Mathias Davis' / letter of the 4th June he will see by the

• ◇Davis/Davies□corridor placeline 10

  items and services performed that / Mathias Davis did not claim pound / -dage money and although as Bailiff he has

• ◇Davis/Davies□corridor placeline 14

  never yet claimed any poundage money. / Mathias Davis respectfully begs to / state that he claims nothing but the

• ◇Davis/Davies□corridor placeline 19

  the Bailiff's instructions book / Mathias Davis respectfully / begs to state that if he does not receive

• ◇Davis/Davies□corridor placeline 25

  Lawyer at once / Mathias Davis / Small Debts Court Bailiff

• ◇Davis/Davies□corridor placeline 31

  [margin note - side] / Ask Mr Keane if Davis was / ever paid ₤3.0.0 for erecting shelves and

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  [overlaid notes in red] / M Davis / In re fees as Bailiff of Small Debts Court

Cloncurry
30th July 1887.
To
The Hon. The Colonial Secretary Brisbane
Mathias Davis respectfully
begs to state to The Hon. Colonial Secretary
that if he will read Mathias Davis'
letter of the 4th June he will see by the
items and services performed that
Mathias Davis did not claim pound
-dage money and although as Bailiff he has
held many sales at Cloncurry he has
never yet claimed any poundage money.
Mathias Davis respectfully begs to
state that he claims nothing but the
very poor fees (For this district where
living and everything is very Expensive) allowed in
the Bailiff's instructions book
Mathias Davis respectfully
begs to state that if he does not receive
this money for all the items in his
letter of the 4th June he will place the
matter in the hands of a respectable
Lawyer at once
Mathias Davis
Small Debts Court Bailiff
Cloncurry
The Hon. The Colonial Secretary
Brisbane
[margin note - side]
Ask Mr Keane if Davis was
ever paid ₤3.0.0 for erecting shelves and
Registrar General if ₤2.0.0 for census
work was paid
M Miller
12.8.87
[margin note - bottom]
Reg. Gen.
15.8.87 (2786
C.P.S
Maytown
15.8.87 (2787
[overlaid notes in red]
M Davis
In re fees as Bailiff of Small Debts Court
at Cloncurry
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