the absent Magistrate in addition to his own.
full
salary.
The latter arrangement was, however, only made in view of the impossibility of providing otherwise for the discharge of the absent officer's duties.
With regard to the 4th paragraph of the letter of the 24th ultimo the arrangement that was made on the Registrar of
the
the Supreme Court being appointed to act as Parisne
was as follows :-
Judge.
was a
Mr. Bruce Shepherd
appointed doting Registrar,
there was
but inasmuch as
no one
to
replace
him
As
Deputy Land Officer he was
allowed to continue to
perform the duties of that office on full pay dividing the duties and half pay of the post of Registrar with - Mr Sangster, one of the Deputy
Registrars