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1842
Letters detained at Geelong Post Office, the sea postage not 
being paid:-
 
COOK 		James,			Hobart town
DAVIDSON 	Mrs Mary, 		Hobart town
GREEN 		William, 		Kent ST London
HARRIS		Walter, 		Withham Sussex
KENNEDY 	John, 			Munster Ireland
LEVELL 		LIEUT 			Thomas, London
MCINTYRE 	Arch, 			Van Dieman's Land
MCINTYRE 	Malcom, 		Argyleshire
MCKILLOP 	John, 			Ayreshire Scotland
OMAYHER 	Stephen, 		Tipperary
PERRY 		Sarah, 			Hobart Town
PURCELL 	Redmond, 		Kilkenny Ireland
PARKER 		Moses, 			Hobart Town
SMITH 		John M, 		Hobart town
 
			JAMES HARRISON Postmaster
 
[extracted from the Geelong Advertiser page one, 
Monday 31 October 1842]