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  country known as Wotnall and

The Chief Commissioner of Crown Lands to the Honorable the
Colonial Secretary respecting the refund to Mr. Blyth on account
of the run called Wotnall.
Crown Lands office
Brisbane 26 January 1861
Sir,
In reply to your letter of the
11th instant No 61/41 re-transmitting
the papers relative to the conflicting
claims of Messrs Bell and Blyth to
country known as Wotnall and
Lower Cobblegum and informing
me that His Excellency and
Executive Council coincide with
the Executive Council of New South
Wales in their view of the case -
and that they have in consequence
directed that a refund of all
payments be made to Mr Blyth
or
{61/216}
{29 January}
{61.240
61/60}
{2140}
{R.G.W.H.}
{Acknowledge - and inform the Ch. Commr. that on
the 28 June 1860 Messrs R. Towns & Co, as agents of
J. A. Blyth, paid into the Queensland Treasury the
sum of £22 - as rent and assessment upon
Wotnall - It is this lease that the Government
will refund - New South Wales has already
paid back the monies received by the
Sydney Treasury.
A. W. M}
{The C. C. C. Lands
29th January 1861.}
{A O H}