16.
from the
Police force in
greater number than
a
has been
= ment
corresponding reduction
made
and
16.-
Now
fixed, in that Deport=
A Sheriff is essentially
requisite, and
no responsible person
would hold the Office without
Fees of it alone, from the limited
the limited extent of the
Salary;
as the
business of the Court,
are too insignificant to
-
nificant to
enture
a
decent
Subsistence
to
310
Magistrate office to occupy fully
the whole time
yet, it is
of
necessary
two Functionaries,
in this
Climate, where unhappily casualties
too
Some
frequently recur
one
to have
1
always ready to
take the duties, in the event
The
of the temporary indisposition of the Chief Magistrate.. duties of
onerous
Mr Hillier
are
both
and responsible, and his
Office is
one that
cannot be
In fact I
look
upon
it
as
the
most
filled by every one..
any respectable
person, unless it be held in
conjunction with
Office.
some
other
The present Sheriff,
Mr. Holdforth, is also Assistant Magistrate; and although there
may
not be, at all times, sufficient business in the chief
important in the Colony; as upon
materially
it's working will depend the degree of respect with which the Chinese Inhabitants will regard
system of Government generally,
as
well
as
the obedience that