 New businesses included two cordial manufacturers, a chemist, baker, two barbers, two blacksmiths, a confectioner, tobacconist, dressmaker, two auctioneers, commission agent and an accountant.There was also a tent hospital run by the chemist's wife, and a coach service from Ebagoola to Port Stewart, the closest port, about east and about north of Cooktown.The first gold-bearing ore from the Hamilton field had to be sent to Coen, about north, for crushing.