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 PAPERS RELATIVE TO MORETON BAY. 3
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a Sufferance Wharf in common with certain private Wharves he had notified; that gentleman, in reply states, there is no legally established Queen's Wharf, but that one he believes
is about to be erected. As I, in common with many others who have bought this land, with the full conviction that our allotments were properly described, viz.: near the Queen's
Wharf- have improved such properties by erecting dwelling houses , wharves, and stores.
I further beg to state, that the Wharf known as the Queen's Wharf, at North Brisbane, has been, and is now used as such by every steamer, and coasting vessels frequenting this
Port, and that the removal of such Queen's Wharf to any other locality will not only be a serious loss to me , in my business as a shipping agent, but a serious inconvenience to the
commercial public of Brisbane, the land so reserved as the Queen's Wharf, being most centrally situated between North and South Brisbane, and in the vicinity of all the principal
stores at those townships.
I therefore beg most respectfully to request you will be pleased to bring the above facts under the notice of His Excellency the Governor, with the earnest hope that His Excellency will direct the Sub-Collector of Customs at Moreton Bay , to recognize the Old Qucen's Wharf opposite the Commissariat stores, at North Brisbane, as a legal public wharf to be used for the landing of all goods imported to this place, in bond or otherwise.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) THOMAS DOWSE,
Auctioneer and Shipping Agent.
THE HONORABLE
THE COLONIAL SECRETARY
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Report of the Collector of Customs on the foregoing.
I am not sufficiently acquainted with the locality to offer a decided opinion upon this point, without reference to the Sub-Collector, but as far as I can learn , this wharf ought not
to be the Queen's Wharf, being on the opposite side of the river, and altogether away from the vicinity of the Custom House.
There is, however, no reason why it should not be established as a Sufferance Wharf, except that there may be some difficulty in the only Landing Waiter giving attendance at it.
(Signed) J. GIBBES,
Collector.
19th March, 1850.
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No. 6.
COPY OF A LETTER From CERTAIN RESIDENTS AT BRISBANE, to THE SUB-COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, BRISBANE.
North Brisbane, 20th February, 1850.
(Moreton Bay.)
SIR,
We, the undersigned, importers of Spirits and Tobacco into the abovenamed Port of Moreton Bay, (upon which the duty has to be collected,) request that you will permit the Public Wharf opposite the Commissariat Store, North Brisbane, (and known as the Queen's Wharf for the last seven years,) as a Wharf that bonded and duty payable goods may be landed at; it being essentially required for facilitating the trade and commerce of
North Brisbane.
Your most obedient Servants,
( RICHARD J. COLEY,
( JAMES POWERS,
( AMBROSE ELDRIDGE,
(Signed) ( JOHN McCABE,
( HENRY BUCKLEY,
( J. HARRIS,
( DANIEL PETERSON,
( MICHAEL POWER.
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