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the duty and honour of the British nation, and wore
particularly on the sacred obligations of the Christian
Church in Australia. It should be borne in mind,
even while we observe many serious short comings
in the conduct of our Government and our own people
towards the aborigines, that the chief authority in [....?]
several colonies [has?] from the first recognized as
a principle the duty of showing kindness to them.
In April last when Colonel [Finnes?} was sent out from
Adelaide to found a new settlement on the Northern
Coast, his instructions included special directions
to treat the aboriginies with kindness, to give medicines
to the sick among them and food to the infirm, to
employ the ablebodied and reward them for their labour,
and to prevent their being supplied with intoxicating
drink. Similar directions have often been given;
but the supposed necessities of the hour, the
passions awakened by unlooked for annoyances,
have again and again cast all such wholesome
directions into oblivion. If possible it might be