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48/8858 - 9th Aug't 1848. H'y Mort: Reporting having located himself on the River Boyne and urging appointment of a Commissioner

Moreton Bay July 25th 1848

Sir,

I have the honor to inform you that I have recently “taken up“ & am now occupying - as a sheep run - a tract of country on the river Boyne for which I am desirous to obtain a right of occupation; and as it is situated outside the limits of any Commissioners' district I have presumed to address you on the subject

The Honorable The Colonial Secretary

[margin notes] Let him be apprised in the usual terms. 10/11

Mr Henry Mort 14 August 1848.

subject trusting that you will be pleased to inform me if there are any (and which) means of acquiring a right to depasture stock on Crown Lands beyond the jurisdiction of any Commissioner of Crown Lands. -

On the river Boyne & its tributaries there are between thirty and forty (thirty five I believe) stations already occupied, and containing from 180,000 to 200,000 Sheep, besides Cattle: and as there is not one magistrate residing in the district, the appointment

The Honorable the Colonial Secretary

appointment of a Commissioner of Crown Lands is much desired by the Squatters in that district. -

I have the honor to remain Sir your most obedient servant Henry Mort (Henry Mort)

The Honorable the Colonial Secretary Sydney