to come to
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at Bombay, and happening China, I gladly availed myself of
services to
to me
assist
his
me with his advice-
in the variety of complicated legal questions that are sure to be referred - pending the establishment
of regular Courts of Justice. I have assigned to Mr. Burgass a Salary, for the present, of £800 per
annum.
..
On the same day, that the Proclamation and Appointments above referred to were made public, I likewise promulgated a Notification on the subject of the Crown lands Colony, and of which
in this
Notification I beg to submit a
Copy.
It
at that time, my
plan to have taken steps for carrying the object of this Notification
into immediate effect; but the sickness
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sickness which has unfortunately prevailed
in this Colony, during the last three months, and
and by
which
every
creature
belonging to the Land Officer's Department - including that officer himself, has been incapacitated for duty- and Captain De Havilland, I lament to add, died — put
stop to all our
proceedings for some length of time. They have now, however, been resumed, and, by way of expediting them, I have appointed
Mr. Cleverly - a professional
Surveyor who lately
came
out
from
England - to the situation of Assistant-
Surveyor
which had become
vacant by Captain De Havilland's decease. Mr Cleverly is to receive
£500 per
annum Salary, whilst he may be employed &
subject