Minutes of previous meetings read and confirmed.

Mr Hall informed the Commission that he had received letters from several persons in the Benalla district pressing their claims for participation in the Kelly reward, and also for compensation for losses arising out of the pursuit of the outlaws. He desired to elicit from the Chairman whether the Commission was in a position to deal with those matters.

Mr Graves stated he understood that the Board appointed to consider the claims of persons to the reward, having found that exception was taken to their report, had declined to deal with claims for compensation. The Chairman replied that the question of distributing the Kelly reward money had not been referred to the Commission. He had had a conversation with the Chief Secretary upon the subject, and Mr Berry stated that it was not his intention to act upon the Report of the Kelly Reward Board until the Police Commission had made fuller enquiry. The Commission had no desire to review the decision given by Kelly Reward Board.

Senior-Constable Kelly further examined.

Senior-Constable Steele called and examined.

Meeting adjourned till following day 1st June 1881.

FRANCIS LONGMORE, Chairman.