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The Magistracy, because owing to the state of his health, he had been unable to perform his duties in a satisfactory manner since his appointment. He has been suffering from extreme nervous debility aggravated if not caused by dread of the responsibilities of office, and the Colonial Surgeon represented to him that, unless he was relieved of his duties at once, he feared that he would have to be sent to a Lunatic Asylum.
2. Mr. Grey thereupon applied, at the advice of Dr. Ayres, for three months' vacation leave from the 5th instant, on ground of ill-health, and asked for permission to retire from the service on the expiration of his leave. Considering that Mr. Grey, owing to the state of his health, has hardly done any work since he entered on the duties of his new post, and not being able to make...