whom Mr. Millice
Arow
absent in
Year
England during the year 1852
Pending therefore the receipt of Instructions from London, Mr. W. P. Mitchell will act as Chief Magistrate, and Mr. May will take Mr. Millichamp's place as Assistant-Magistrate,
Sheriff, and Coroner.
The direction of the Police, under Mr. May's supervision, will be entrusted to Mr. Grand Pre, the Assistant Superintendent of Police.
The functions of Emigration Officer will be discharged by Mr. W. H. Mitchell also, until the arrival of Mr. E. R. Mitchell in September, when
I propose to assign this duty to
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him as Assistant Harbour Master,
on a Salary of £1400, being an increase of £150 on his present pay, but a saving of £50 on the general expenditure, a measure which it has long appeared advisable to adopt,
when occasion should permit. This arrangement, as regards Mr. Mitchell and May, of course will be but temporary, as I have in Despatch No. 12 of 9th January last, expressed my decided opinion that a Barrister should hold the office of Chief Magistrate on a salary of £1000 per annum. Should Her Majesty's Government sanction the proposition made, I
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