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District Surveyor's Office
Armidale
12th [added below] (/13) September 1899

Sir,

I have the honor to forward
herewith a copy of a Circular received from
"The Anthropological Society of Australasia"
which has applied for assistance in collecting
Native names of places in this Colony, with
their meanings, and to request that you
will kindly favour me by affording such
information on the subject as may be in
your possession, so as to assist in the objects
of the Society

I have the honor to be

Sir

Your obedient Servant

[signed and underlined] D M Maitland

District Surveyor

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Mr Lic'd Sur. Chard

Armidale.

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24 names herewith
I may get some more later on
but the present difficulty
is the correct spelling and
meaning to a lot of names known
by Sound ---

[signed, on right] J. S. Chard

Licensed Surveyor

2nd Oct. 1900

Armidale

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DISTRICT SURVEYOR'S OFFICE
RECEIVED
3 - OCT. 00
ARMIDALE.

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To the District Surveyor

Armidale.

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