Approval for migrant Ellum Deen to return to Australia

Letter to AH Pritchard, Secretary, The Austral-Indian Society, regarding the case of Ellum Deen.

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[Letterhead:] EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

[Stamped in red ink 'DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS', with the handwritten reference number '14/1505' written inside the stamp in red ink.]

Melbourne, 16th February, 1914

14/1505.

Sir,

With reference to your letter of the 24th January, applying for re-consideration of the case of Ellum Deen, I desire to inform you that the Minister has now approved of this man being re-admitted on being satisfactorily identified and on payment of the usual fee of £1 for a certificate exempting from the dictation test.

2. The necessary instructions have been issued to the Customs authorities regarding this matter.

3. This letter will be sufficient authority for the shipping company to issue a passage to Melbourne in Ellum Deen's favour.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

[Stamped in red ink:] Sgd. ATLEE HUNT

Secretary.

[Addressed to:] A. H. Pritchard, Esq.,

Secretary

The Austral-Indian Society

78 Lonsdale Street,

MELBOURNE.

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