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"of the Court. Formerly the interpreters
"of the Court
of
the
were Esquires men.
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post
now vacant by the death
and concurring
of
Pending the consideration
general question,
I ventured
on the 28th of November 1878 to appoint M. J. Hayes Ball to be Assistant Interpreter in the Supreme Court
and I took other steps referred
in
my despatch "General" of
29th April last.
I
now enclose
a
copy
of a letter from the Acting Chief Justice, Mr Snowden, from which
it will be seen that Mr Ball has done his work to the satisfaction. I therefore recommend
Mr Ball to Your Lordship for the
GR11765.
Mr. Rozarie;
in
Mr
Snowden's views as to the value
of
Mr Ball's services and the salary that should be appropriated to the
I
office, I venture to ask for Your Lordship's authority to submit to the Legislative Council a proposal for paying him $2,400
a year rising
by annual increments
of
$480 to
$3,600.
on the 1st June 1881.
6.
In accordance with the
suggestions in the enclosed report from Lt Col, I further recommend Your Lordship to appoint W W Bean &