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  Crop from same place Mr. Rose

Hospital or would you deem it out
of my province to lead off a scheme
with the Towns people for that purpose. Wire
me as to this. I think I could raise half
of the requirements of such an institution
amongst the people here.
Provisions of all kinds are
getting sacarse - so great has been the
draft of supplies to the diggings by
the packhorses in the consequence of
the good weather but several vessels are
due and this will be temporary.
The population of the
town went down I think under
a thousand but to-day the Millara and
Leichardt from Brisbane. The "Mary
Campbell" from Sydney The southern
Crop from same place Mr. Rose
from Sommerville and the passengers by
the Torres Straits mail Steamer has added
600 or so to the present population.
Numbers of diggers who
did not supply themselves with rations
and who could not buy them on
the ground are coming back
and will add to our troubles, but if
all the energy of the Government be
centred on the making of a dray
road and the matter succeeds
which it must do almost all will
go back and I am quite sure our troubles
on that shore will end.
The two important matters
then demanding present attention
are the Dray track and an Hospital
for sick only. To entangle ourselves