office of Chief Magistrate
In the
041
and
was
conferred
at the instance of the late
reference to Sir John
Governor;"
Davis's Despatch will, I think
shew that this appointment
was
in event of the Treasurer
of
applied for ship being already
otherwise disposed:
of my subsequent appointment to
this latter office
that there
gazetting
leads me
to conclude
misconception
as to
me to the
to the former:
With regard
to His Lordship's
second reason that I actually held the situation of Chief Magistrate of Police for five months, I beg respectfully
to state that I not only
did not discharge
the duties of
this office, but I never
was actually appointed to it; in fact, no official
I never
never received
communication from which I could even infer
that it was in
contemplation to
appoint
me to the
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Chief Magistracy
In reporting the payment of
the fees required, I have been induced
to trouble
you
with the above
observations, because it seems to me
that the Extracts furnished
have been written
with imperfect
information, though it is not
worth while to renew a
question
of trifling importance and already decided.
I have, &c.
(Signed) W. V. Mercer,
Colonial Treasurer.
(True Copy)
Major Colonial Secretary