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to public officers or private individuals in the colony. Prepares for Auditor-General a quarterly statement of all moneys which the Colonial Treasurer has during each month been authorised by letter to issue or receive.

Steady and industrious.

A. G. Rickwood, Clerk.-Salary 1501. per annum. Service in years, 1 year. Copies all duplicate despatches and their inclosures, and copies all inclosures to original despatches.

Careful and methodical.

L. Fyers Banks, Extra Clerk.--Salary 1001. per annum. Service in years, 3 years and 5 months. Prepares warrants. abstracts, judicial awards. Has the custody of the stationery, the "Government Gazette," and all printed ordinances and forms; prepares the abstracts and pays the department. He also keeps the diary of attendance.

Well adapted for his position, but suffers from ill-health.

E. Chelin, Clerk.-Salary 501. per annum. Service in years, 1 year and 10 months. Enters all despatches sent to the Secretary of State; enters in the D book all foreign letters, and in the G book all letters sent to the Judges.

A good writer.

M. Savermouton, Clerk.-Salary, 501. per annum. Service in years, 7 months. Assists the Clerk of Letter-Books.

Well adapted for his duties.

E. Bouton, Clerk.-Salary 50%. per annum. Service in years, 5 months. Assists the Clerk of Papers.

Steady and industrious.

Y. N. Graves, Clerk to Committees.-Salary 961, per annum. Service in years, 3 years 10 months. Attends all Government Committees and Boards of which the Colonial Secre- tary is President or Chairman; summons the members of the respective Boards; draws up the minutes and communicates the resolutions to heads of Departments and others concerned; also assists in the Colonial Secretary's Office.

A very promising youth and worthy of promotion.

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Substitute Procureur-Général, and to keep in order the papers in my office. The register of letters and reports are under his charge.

Mr. Nolin has conducted himself to my entire satisfaction. He possesses qualifica- tions sufficient not merely for the office he holds, but for one of a higher character. "Accord- ingly, upon the Crown Solicitor obtaining leave of absence in the beginning of this month, Mr. Nolin was promoted to the situation of Acting Crown Solicitor, which office I consider him qualified to fill.

4. William Wallace Salter, the junior clerk in my office and a volunteer, has made some progress during the year 1857. His duties are those of a copying clerk, with occa- sional errands on matters which cannot be entrusted to a peon. He is not qualified for any higher office. I think, however, he would be more useful in a department where there is less writing requisite, as he has a very indistinct handwriting, while his intelligence, activity, respectability, and willingness, are above average. I should consider him qualified for some of the junior situations in the Custom-house.

5. Jean Baptiste Dubignon, Messenger.-Has faithfully, and to my satisfaction, per- formed the duties of his office during the year 1857.

Besides these officers, there appear in the blue-book, as attached to my office, the following gentlemen who are employed as interpreters before the Supreme Court, viz. :-

James Caldwell, for French and Creole; Faride Dina, for Hindustanee; Samoo Tirseloon, for Tamul.

These officers, however, belong rather to the judicial establishment of the colony than to that of my office, as they interpret alike for the prosecutor and prisoner. So far as I am aware, they have faithfully and efficiently performed their official duties during the year

1857.

(Signed) W. G. DICKSON,

Procureur and Advocate-General.

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

Reference :-

TLC.O. 882

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-

COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH-NOT TO

(Signed)

H. SANDWITH.

No. 19. Procureur-Général's Office.

[By W. G. Dickson, Esq.]

February 25, 1858.

1. Sholto James Douglas, Esq., Substitute Procureur and Advocate-General.—The duties which devolve on this officer are similar to my own, except that he is not a member of either the Council of Government or the Executive Council, nor does he take any superintendence over the prison of Port Louis, of the Committee of which I am Pre- sident.

He acts concurrently with me in the ordinary business of my office, and replaces me during temporary absence. He is thus, along with me, Legal Adviser of the Crown and Public Prosecutor. By an arrangement between us, he attends to the Civil business before the Supreme Court in which Government is interested, and to the case for the prosecutor in appeals from the judgments of the District Magistrate on the criminal ride. He also attends the Supreme Court, and gives his conclusions as Minister Public in cases where the law of the colony makes that necessary. He is, moreover, Queen's Advocate before the Executive Council sitting as a Land Court.

In every respect I have found Mr. Douglas qualified for his office, and his conduct has fully met with my approval.

I am not aware of any other office for which he possesses higher qualifications than for the one he holds.

2. William Henry Marsh, Crown Solicitor. The duties of his office consist in preparing, under myself and the Substitute Procureur-Général, all criminal prosecutions before the assizes, and in attending at the trials of such cases. The preliminary proceedings in these cases are also under his charge, and he has to conduct or assist at trials before the Inferior Courts whenever directed by me to do so. In the analogous investigations which have to be made in my office into the conduct of Government officials, the Crown Solicitor con- ducts or assists at the inquiry, as may be deemed advisable.

I have every reason to be satisfied with the conduct of Mr. March in his office for which he is very well qualified.

There is not, in my opinion, any other office for which he is better qualified. But I consider hun, both from natural abilities and from education and experience, qualified for either a District or a Stipendiary Magistrateship.

3. Elisée Nolin, Clerk to the Procureur-Général—The duties of this office are those of an official secretary, and consist not merely in copying papers, but also in preparing official reports and letters under my directions upon the more ordinary business of my office. He has also to collect information on many matters intrusted to the care of myself or the

No. 20.-Audit Office.

[By W. R. Kerr, Esq.]

A. Chasteauneuf, Chief Clerk.-This officer must be thoroughly acquainted with all the orders and regulations of the office, as well as those which, from time to time, may be communicated to the Department, or published in the Official Gazette. He is required to communicate to the Examiners such of them as relate to their own respective duties; to note all letters received, and to take care that they are duly attended to. He is responsible for the regular transmission to their proper destination of all quarterly and annual state- ments, Blue Book returns, annual accounts, &c. He has to assist the Auditor-General in replying to the daily references made to the office, and to bring to his notice all devia- tions from the established regulations; and also all errors, short collections, &c., which may have been reported to him by the Examiner.

Mr. Chasteauneuf joined this office in July 1847, and was appointed Chief Clerk in June 1854. He has always performed the duties intrusted to him in a most satisfactory manner, and his conduct has been irreproachable. He thoroughly understands the duties of this office in all its branches; he possesses considerable ability, is well informed, and is, in short, a very valuable public officer. I consider him qualified for, and deserving of, promotion in almost any of the public offices.

N. Lesage, First Examiner.—This officer has to examine all monthly abstracts, con- tingent bills, and vouchers, &c., comprising the whole of the disbursements of Govern- ment, to see that all expenditure is properly authorized and supported by the necessary certificates and vouchers, &c., according to the prescribed forms and regulations; to take care that each itera of expenditure is classed under its proper head of service; to keep a schedule of all the establishments, noting thereon any alteration as regards names, rates, and amount of salary and allowances which may have been authorised and notified to this office, according to regulations; to examine the accounta current of the Indian Govern- ment, as well as those of the Madras and Calcutta Emigration Agents; and to prepare the explanations required by the comparative statements of ZI, II, and V of the Treasury Instructions.

Mr. Lange, First Examiner, has been upwards of ten years in the office; he also is an excellent clerk. He is a very ready accountant, and rarely makes a mistake. His duties are extremely arduous, and, were it not for his guest assiduity and quickness, His conduct has he could never perform them in the satisfactory manner" he does. always been excellent, and I consider him deserving of promotion, either in this or in any other office not requiring a special education,

J. Holland, F. Armstrong, J. Lesage, Second, Third, and Fourth Examiners.-These officers perform the following duties in common, as circumstances may require. In detail they may be defined as follows :- 1. To attend the undermentioned Revenue Offices, and examine their accounts, vis., Customs, Internal Revenues, Harbour Department, Vendue Master, Civil Commissioner, Seychelles Royal College accounts, Immigration Office; has also to compare the Collectors' books with their accounts of collections, to