Description
This is a handwritten notice, the body of which is in Chinese characters, informing Chinese miners about the 'Gold Fields Regulations' and 'Gold Fields Act'. The notice is 15 columns wide with approximately 25 characters running down each column. Below the heading, in smaller script, is written 'By Order / of the Commissioner / J.G. McDonald Esqre / Charters-Towers / May 1st 1873' and 'Translated by / James McHenley / Anglo-Chinese Linguist'. The edges of the paper are worn in places and there are pin holes in each corner.
Acknowledgements
| Credits | Reproduced courtesy of State Library of Queensland
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| Creator | James McHenley, author, 1873 |
| Identifiers | State Library of Queensland image number 18224
TLF resource R7995 |
| Source | State Library of Queensland, http://www.slq.qld.gov.au |
