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General and the chief Magistrate- With reference to this last named officer I take the opportunity to suggest that in future his designation be the Police Magistrate, as his present style is an evident misnomer.
Class Fifth would comprise the Colonial Surgeon, the Clerk of Councils, the Registrar General, and the Harbor Master; and I recommend that to them be added the Assistant Police Magistrate.
I have referred above to the Attorney General and his professional attire for the same reason I take no notice of the Judicial Functionaries and the Supreme Court, nor of the Colonial Chaplain, nor of the Superintendent of Police and the Force under him, as all of these may be said to be already provided with a special and distinct dress.
I hope I am right in reading "Councils of Government" in third paragraph as those councils which under different title exercise the functions of an Executive council; as well as in assuming that the two enclosures noticed in your last paragraph as the Lord Chamberlain's regulation Book of Uniforms received with your Despatch now under acknowledgment.
"I have the honour to be, With the highest respect; Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant, [Signature: likely "Macg]onnell" or similar, but not clear from the text provided; a plausible guess is "MacDonnell"]
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