of
arrival in.
the
Colony.
threshold.
less than Twelve Inquests, nine weeks after his
some.
successive days, from the necessity of accurately interpreting, translating, and transcribing.
The consumption of time which
Evidence of native witnesses:
very much conflicted with the discharge
of his duties. The preparation of original Subpoenas; service of all notices of trial; The preparation and service of all such Engrossments for service upon prisoners; The preparation and the subsequent Ingrossing of same when approved; The copying of all Judgments for the perusal and approval of the Attorney General;
The difficulties which compelled your Memorialist to resign,
prepared.
instance
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subsequently translated
Solicitor required his attendance in Court, sometimes as Sheriff when his duty clearly required it (for several days) your Memorialist's constant attendance was required at recurring Sessions, during the continuance of which (often for several duties to perform preparing to, and during, monthly
and transcribed into Chinese; and your Memorialist had these
and
English
the past in
'vice versa
which you
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elsewhere, and sometimes.
the Offices of Deputy Sheriff
accepting the
Coroner to
Conceived that the duties thereof would not have been more arduous
pleased to appoint him, your Memorialist had
and,
h you were..,
Your Memorialist had in the course of absent
but found the fact to be very different, inasmuch as-
that the duties ordinarily attached to similar Offices.
-For example-
in this Country
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of your Memorialist's other duties:
Your Memorialist respectfully begs to bring under your
duties
notice that as Deputy Sheriff he had to discharge many connected with the Jail in Hong Kong from which the Boards of Superintendence and Governors of Jails in this country relieve the
intendance and,
under Sheriffs of Counties; amongst those duties your Memorialist would Enumerate the necessity of attending daily and frequently at the Jail.
necessaries
to investigate complaints concerning prisoners and jail police; To supervise and audit all accounts connected with the Establishment Containing nearly 300 prisoners; To sign all orders,
for and see, when required, that such necessaries were of the proper quality: in short, the responsible for the due and efficient discharge of all duties connected with every branch of the Department, a responsibility, which could only be properly and conscientiously discharged by
remitting as to interfere exceedingly with the due discharge of the several other public duties imposed upon Your Memorialist;
attention to constant and un
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Your Memorialist begs leave respectfully to represent that the difficulties of your Memorialist's position - great as they were - were considerably aggravated by the circumstance of the overbearing and exceedingly offensive demeanour of M. Anstey, Her Majesty's then Attorney General for Hong Kong, rendering all official intercourse with him extremely difficult and almost impracticable;
That in addition to the circumstances heretofore stated, Your Memorialist found the expense of house rent and living in the Colony to be very greatly more than he had been led to calculate upon, and on more than one occasion took opportunities of representing the difficulties attending his position to the Colonial Secretary
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