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The present salary of $400 month is Carely sufficient to pay the rent and taxes of on ordinary dwelling house and is the when the office was first created, although the population and importance of the Colony, and the cost of living, have very greatly increased.
same as
are
The duties of the Office
character often
of a very
onerou D,
involving very difficult, and confidential services - the
us, the ordinary, business of the monthly Criminal Sessions alone is so heavy that the work of one rarely closes until the preparation for the next
commences.
My professional
attendance is frequently required at the Magistracy,
and my
advice and assistance
are
continually sought by the various Departments of Government. By
a recent order also the brown Solicitor is enjoined to prepare,
case/
peruse, as the all deeds and other documents
may be, of a legal nature in which the Government are concerned.
On accepting the appointment I was necessarily debarred from
continuing a very
practice and
my
lucrative criminal
time and
attention have since been so
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