Resumption that it constituted
the entire remuneration
attached to those offices.
The Superintendents
of the Govt. Hospital
and the Police Officers hold appointments to which
free quarters are almost
invariably attached, & their salaries in Hong Kong have been adjusted on that
basis.
I regret that
I am unable to assent to
relieve Mr. Lister of that
moderate rent which he pays.
for their work.
Date.
Hong Kong, 22nd Dec. 1876
No. 852
(Subject.)
DESPATCH.
RECEIVED 22 JAN 1877
No. 372
Application of Mr. Justice Crowden for
10 Weeks Vacation Leave.
Encloses and recommends
Governor to Attorney General.
2013
(Minutes.)
It used to be held that a judge had necessarily no claim to vacation
leave beyond the due recess of this court, but it appears that in Hongkong business flags to a certain extent during the
vacation of the courts. Sir J. Smale
was allowed 4 months' leave, Mr.
Shaw doing the whole work.
Stoppage
W. Innes must now have the work provided. Sir J. Smale can do the work of both courts for the time being without loss
to the Colony. Hardly
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