Draft Letter Howitt to R F Beardsmore 5 August 1907

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Metung
5 Aug 1907
Draft Letter

R F Beardsmore
Secrty Bd of Prote. of Abrgs
111 Phllip St, Syd.

Dear Sir
I shall feel much obliged if you can
give me the following information which I desire to
obtain for a work which I have in hand.
(1) How many aboriginal stations are there now,
and where are they situated?
(2) How many aborigines are there at each
- stating the numbers respectively of men, women + children?
(3)How many of the Kamilaroi and of the
Wiradjuri tribes people are now living and
are they all living on the Stations, or are
some still living elsewhere?
(4) Does the Aborigine Board consider it
advisable to [keep the - crossed out] collect together in
[one - crossed out] the same stations the survivors of a particular tribe
for instance the Wiradjuri or are the
surviving aborigines collected [without - crossed out] by
in the Stations without reference to
their being of different [tribe - crossed out] + [??] + tribes?
I remain +c