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from the Crown Solicitor of so ~ unhealthy and far distant a Colony as Hongkong and that had
Permit me
the Office been filled by the appointment of a gentlemane at home his travelling expenses here would have cool the Government as much as his first half year's salary, an entlay which has been spared in my
I have N
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Case.
(Signed) Edmund Sharp Cram Solicitor
(Copy)
Opinion of the Attorney General .
I am of opinion that the
salary of the Crown Solicitor. be increased to 2500 per
Fought to
AFVIIItrw.
The busines of that office has mor than doubled since the presen
the present solary
Avas
fixed, and it is most important that is should be filled by a gentleman
anding in the
of experience and standing
profesion. I may
Kents
mention that brown
tn arrear were
formerly
levied by Distress and the brown
Solicitor used to derive
a
considerable
profit by this harsh mode of re