Aid of his services. That notwithstaring the general Rule prohibiting one officer
who
o performs the duties of Iwe offices from drawing more than half Salary for the temporary
one,
I did think, and
do still think that an exception should
as
until
Orx
he
be made in Mr Caldwell's favour, and
Iwas under the inapression the Receipt of Lord stanley's Despatche Nr. 96 of 25th March 1845, that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Cust had the power in himself of making such inferior appointments found absolutely necessary for the ende of Justice, I did then appoint Mr Caldwell on the full salary of the office of Interpreter ; and Thun
"the honor to request the favor of Excellency that you will be of Justice to
Your pleased on the
dcore
I have
Recommend
Recommend that the
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arrangement I
then entered into may. be approved and
confirmed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
I may observe that during
the time when MrCaldwell acted in
this double capacity he did out of his
non pocket pay for a Chinese Substitute for the Police Magistrati s Court, on such days as his presence
wholly required in my Court: I have, Je
vve
(Signed) Sohn Walter Huline
for the Colonial Secretary.