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and was approved of in Despatches. from Downing Street No 35 of 115 May 1860 and No yo of 248 lingust 1861 The arrangement referred to
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was an excellent one and worked admirably. I know of
other by which the important duties of chiq Magistrate could have been filled in such an unobjectionable and -- efficient
manner.
Mr. Mourrow. I think means, something that is not to be gathered from the wording of his complaint which as it stands is simply absurd and so perhaps the shortest and most straight forward Course with s for me to explain what I
imagine he does mean and answer it.
a circular under date 21th
December
1857
was issued by The Secretary of State, upon the subject of the distribution of the few of offices rendered vacant by the death or the Principals, which for Some reason that I
unable to
absence
am
I ascertain was neither promulgated!
nor acted on
by my
Predecessor.
There has therefore been no fixed rule here hitherto as to the apportionment of such fees. It was generally
a matter of arrangement- belivsen the Principal and the ading
!
officer. In some cases, the Aeling officer who did the work, was allowed will the fees-
in others the fees
were treated
as salary, and divided equally between the absent Brincipal
and his locum tenens"
Thus for example when Mr Alexander
acted
for divided the fees each taking half; but
Mr bay in 1853 to 1855, they
when Mr Measson acted for Mr Alexander during 1857 and 1859 the arrangement beliveen them was that Aly Masson
was to retain all the fees for all the work he did
of the
Being however aware Circular referred to, (which I had received: when in the West Indies), and considering these arrangements between officers objectionable; on ell2 Alexander being
appointed Acting bolonial Secretary I informed him that his fees as Registrar must be disposed of Secretary of State. The effect of 1
regulation in his
as directed by The
Case was
the
simply
that he would not get any share of them One half going to the acting solder of: the office
and the other half, which under
the old practice he might or might not according to agreement have ~ received, either
going to the Treasury
or in my discretion to the Acting-
Officer
as I might see fit. To this Mr Alexander at once accedet.