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Your Lordship will not disapprove of what I have done.
4.
The Coroner has –
preferred a request that he might
be allowed chair hire as
the
meu
mortuary will be 14 miles distant
" from the Police Court, and I do not think that his request
et is unreasonable.
The salary of the office $990, is small
considering the specially disagreeable
nature
of
the duties to be
performed
in this Colony, and I would
recommend for Your Lordship's ..
approval
an allowance of $12 a
month
month for this purpose.
There will be ample.
means for providing for the construction
of this
revenue
mortuary, out of the excess of last year.
of_
as
year which as far
can be ascertained, will be about
$250,000 a
although .
a considerable sum
is still unrecovered for Crown rates
and taxes.
I have the honour to be
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble devant,
Bellarin
Administering the Government.