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2. PAPERS RELATIVE TO MORETON BAY.
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No. 3.
COPY OF A LETTER from Mr. THOMAS DOWSE to THB SUB-COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, BRISBANE.
Brisbane, 9th February, 1850.
Sir,
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant, informing me in reply to mine of the same date, that there is no Queen's Wharf legally es-tablished at North Brisbane, although you believe one will shortly be erected.
Having become the purchaser of an allotment of land at North Brisbane, which is described in the Governor's Proclamation in the Government Gazette, as allotment No. 5, near the Queen's Wharf, I am at a loss to conceive why the Officers of Her Majesty's Customs should refuse to recognize mine and other people's right to land bonded goods at such Queen's Wharf.
Your remark respecting private emolument I totally disclaim . I merely seek the public benefit, by making an application to have the Old Queen's Wharf made a Sufferance Wharf, as usual at all other Ports. If you decline to do so on the ground that it is not a Queen's Wharf, I shall at once apply to His Excellency the Governor to have the same officially recognized.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) THOMAS DOWSE.
W. A. DuncanEsq.,
SUB-COLLECTOR.
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No. 4.
COPY of A LETTER from THE SUB-COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, BRISBANE, to MR. THOMAS DOWSE.
Customs, Brisbune,
9th February, 1850.
SIR,
In reply to your letter of this date, I beg to say that I cannot see anything in the circumstance of your allotment having been described in a Proclamation as being “near the Queen's Wharf" that bears either directly or indirectly on the question of Sufferances. The suburban allotments are in like manner described as being within certain bearings of "the Government Windmill “ and yet that building was advertised for sale and “removal" but the other day. Such marks and names are adopted for convenience of description, but never for the purpose of establishing rights. A Wharf must be established in the manner pointed out by law.
If, however, you can show me any object of public utility , which would counter- balance the great inconvenience of bringing dutiable goods two miles through the Town
before they are landed , I have no objection to grant a sufferance for the landing place near your property. At present I am unable to see any ground of public utility whatever in such a step.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) W. A. DUNCAN
MR. THOMAS DOWSE
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No. 5.
COPY OF A LETTER From Mr. THOMAS DOWSE to THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.
Brisbane, Moreton Bay,
11th February, 1850.
Sir,
Having become the purchaser in August last, of an allotment of land described in the Governor's Proclamation of date 20th June, 1849, as lot 5, containing 1 rood 18 perches , near the Queen's Wharf at North Brisbane, I applied to the Sub-Collector of Customs of this Port to be informed whether the said Queen's Wharf was to be considered
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