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47/713

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Sydney, 24th February, 1847

Sir,
I do myself the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your
Honor’s letter of the 11th Instant
Nr. 47/142, enclosing the copy of
one addressed to you by Mr.
Tyers, forwarding a copy of the
enquiry made by him relative
to a collision which took
place between the Party of
Native Police under Mr. William
Dana, engaged at the time in searching
for

His Honor
the Superintendent
of Port Phillip

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No 47/428
5th Mar 1847
The Col Sec
States
that Mr Dana shd be called upn to
explain why he did not furh ye report
reqrd of him by C.C. Tyers.

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Entd
J.C.

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for the White woman supposed
to be with the Gipps’ Land
Tribes, and the Aborigines of
the Snowy River.

In reply, I am directed
by the Governor to inform you,
that Mr. Dana should be
called upon to explain why
he did not furnish the
Report required from him
by Mr. Tyers (as mentioned
in the latter Gentleman’s
Communication). His Excellency
also desires me to observe,
that Mr. Dana appears to
have acted with great
want of discretion – to say
the least of it – in the
matter