to the Deputy Registrars the nett cost would be less than at any period
since 1873.
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The nett cost of the
Supreme Court during the several
years from 1873 as shown in the Chief Justice's Report does not however include Interpreters and Messengers. He has also not taken into consideration
the fees which were received by __ different officers in lieu of salaries . These ought in my opinion to be... added to the cost. The annexed
statement shows 1st the whole cost.
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of the Establishment as sanctioned in the Estimates, the fees received by Officers in lieu of salaries, the fees reseived by Government, and the nett cost after deducting fees paid into the Treasury, and 2nd the same information excluding , as the Chief Justice has done, the Interpreters and Messengers. The highest amount shown in the latter table as the nett cost was
$16,834 in 1874 and the lowest was
$7/479 in 1880. The Chief Justice estimated the nett cost according to the scheme approved by Your Lordship
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