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copied the map, Mr. Bradford, as I had requested him, returned 

 it by the hand of a member of my family who was at that time on a 

 visit to Cooktown. I may say that these events, as well as my inter- 

 view with Mr. Bradford, had faded from my memory before I 

 began a systematic search for the lost original and my office copy, 

 and it was not until the receipt of a letter (25th June, 1919) from 

 Mr. Bradford that I became aware of them. Mr. Bradford 

 furnished such corroborative details as left no doubt in my mind of 

 the return of the office copy. I have no doubt, either, that when 

 my office was removed from Townsville to Brisbane that office copy 

 went with me, along with the whole pile of manuscripts and maps 

 which had by that time accumulated. 



The material received by me (i2th June, 1919) from the 

 Deputy Postmaster-General, Brisbane, consisted of : 



(A) Mr. Bradford's Diary from Cooktown (6th June, 1883) to Somerset (zgth 

 August, 1883). 



(B) Blue print (2 miles to an inch) from tracing of southern sheet of First Section 

 of line, Fairview to Musgrave Telegraph Station (Saltwater Creek). It shows (i) the 

 line constructed, with mile-posts I to 76, (2) Mr. Bradford's Camps I to 5 of 1883, 

 along the line, as subsequently constructed, (3) the western side of the sandstone table- 

 land between the Hann and Morehead Rivers, as far as I had sketched it on the return 

 journey of my first trip (1879). The survey of the line, as constructed, was made by 

 Mr. Healy. (SEE MAP E.) 



(C) Blue print (2 miles to an inch) from tracing of middle sheet of First Section, 

 Musgrave to Coen Telegraph Station. It shows (i) the line constructed, with mile- 

 posts 74 to 141, and (2) Mr. Bradford's Camps 7 to n (SEE MAPS E, FAND C), close to 

 the line, as subsequently constructed. The survey of the constructed line was made 

 by Mr. Healy. 



" (D) Blue print from tracing of northern sheet of First Section, Coen to Mein 

 Telegraph Station, with mile-posts 141 to 200. It shows (i) my mapping of the heads 

 of the Peach River as on ist and 2nd trips of 1879, (2) the line as constructed, surveyed 

 by Mr. Healy. Mr. Bradford's Camps 12 (Coen) to 17 (Mein) are not shown, but 

 they have been located from the Diary in the reduction on Map C (herewith) and none 

 of them are far from the constructed line. (SEE MAP C.) 



(E) Blue print (2 miles to an inch) from tracing of southern sheet of Second 

 Section, Mein (south) to Moreton Telegraph Station (north), with mile-posts 167 

 to 116 (they are numbered from Patterson in the north to Mein in the south). It 

 shows (i) the Telegraph line, as constructed, (2) my mapping, 1879-80, of Sefton 

 Creek and the Pascoe River to its mouth, (3) Mr. Bradford's Camp 22. This camp 

 is a few miles ESE. of the Moreton Telegraph Station. From the Diary it appears 

 that he crossed the line (subsequently constructed) from west to east between Camps 

 1 8 and 22. I have added Mr. Bradford's route north of his Camp 22 (SEE MAP B) from 

 data furnished by the Diary, and a tracing (2 miles to an inch) supplied by the Surveyor- 

 General's Office, presumably taken from Mr. Bradford's original. (SEE MAPS C AND B.) 



(F) Blue print (2 miles to an inch) from tracing of middle sheet of Second 

 Section, Moreton Telegraph Station in the south (116 miles) to McDonnell Telegraph 

 Station in the north (60 miles). It shows (i) the Telegraph line, as constructed, 

 (2) the Pacific coast-line, Temple Bay to Shelburne Bay, taken from Admiralty 

 Chart, (3) my mapping between the Sir William Thomson Range and the Pacific 

 (2nd trip, 1880) and (4) Bradford's Camps (1883) 22 to 32. In the reduction herewith 

 (MAP B), I have connected these camps by the route line, as given in the Surveyor- 

 General's tracing, as above. It averages 8 miles to the east of the constructed line. 

 (SEE MAP B.) 



