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[In red at top of page: "60/151....(8th?) February 1860]

The Bench of Magistrates , Dalby. to the Hon'ble
The Colonial Secretary, reporting on the complaint of
William Parrington

No 60/6 Police Office - Dalby
31st January 1860
[marginal note: "Ack receipt and
confirm
(?) "]

[marginal note: "11. January 1860
No 60/26"]

Sir

Acknowledging the receipt
of your letter, as per margin, with
enclosure. We do ourselves the honor
to state in reply that we have every
reasobn to believe that the circumstances
detailed by Parrington are correct.

We regret that any person
should have reason to complain
of the difficulty of obtaining justice
but we are at the same time
quite

[marginal note at left bottom of page-adressee:
"The Hon'ble
The Colonial Secretary"]