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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