QSA17980 1898 Letter from GH Schwarz to Walter Roth 16 March, Correspondence and papers relating to "The Queensland Aborigines", Home Secretarys Department In Letters, DR58320

Forwarded to the Commissioner 18 March '98 W.E.R.

Cooktown 16^th of March

To Dr. Roth Esqr. Protector of Aboriginals

Dear Sir

At our Mission-Station at Cape Bedford, there are at present about ninety (90) natives who are asking me for food as they themselves now during the wet weather are unable to find anything to eat in the Reserve where game is very scarce in the best of times of the year.

For the last 5 years our MissionStation has not received any assistance or subsidy from Government - yet we kept on feeding and teaching the

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blacks as far as our means allowed to do so. We have don [sic] all we could but now we ar [sic] unable to feed a number of blacks as at present is camped at the station. They realy [sic] do want some assistance from the Government as our means are insufficient to satisfy such a number of actually starving aboriginals. In the name of those blacks I appeal through you Sir to to the Government for help. I know the blacks will be very thankful now for anything that could be done for them & so would we their friends & teachers.

I remain Sir Most respectfully G. H. Schwarz