fees received by him
3. during
the past ten
years. But as the Vice Admiralty fees were not pensionable emoluments, such allowance would also
not be counted for pension purposes. The Allowance of
would cease
if
of course
Hageland ceased to perform the duties & Marshal
transfer
to another office of the
otherwise. I shall be
glad to receive an expression of your views upon this question, and
in the meantime an
account of the fees
should be carefully kept. Before
8. Before expressing definite views on this matter, I would wish to receive further explanations of the cause
for which Hageland is in dispute with O'Brien. The Act may have authorised the Deputy
Registrars appointed
under the Act to
receive fees for duties performed by them,
but O'Brien has
omitted to mention whether Hageland
was actually appointed Deputy Registrar of the Vice Admiralty Court
and in what
capacity. Assuming the Act to have been duly