increased vigilance of the police, amply occupy. the time of the Police Magistrate, upon whom the business of Marine Magistrate, if not discharged by Lieutenant Pedder, would devolve . Owing however to the difficulty of finding Chinese interpreters, I have deemed it necessary to transfer all the cases,
1 of offences committed in the harbor, 40, in which Chinese
concerned, to the Police Magistrate's Court,
are co
and have therefore very materially lightened the duty of which Lieutenant Redder
complains .
On a previous occasion Lieutenant
Ridder applied for an inc
crease
of Salary, on the
ground of his magisterial duties, but on a reference to Lord Stanley, Ibis Lordship declined to accede to his request. I may add that the work of Harbor Master is not nearly.
- dirring the China war,
laborious as it was.
and that before the establishment of the
Supreme
270
Supreme Court, the Marine Magistrate had
tion in cases of debt, a function from :
jurisdiction.
which he is now relieved.
I have the honor to be,
With the highest respect,
Sir,
Your Most Obedient,
Humble Servant.
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