CO129-019 - Sir John Davis - 1847 [1-4] — Page 162

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have been defrayed out of a parsions of the

above Sum received by met.

I uving the first few months;

holding office,

there.

was not and

this of my

my money

drawn

from PC. M's. Treasury as Sheriff's Aces under the criminal jurisdictions of the Court, but as I found the imotausents a rising frous

civil suits so

trifting,

inded sometimes

insufficient to cover the contingent expenses

of office

which

eeve

upon

unavoidably entailed

- the excontions of sny duty, compelled to apply to the Chief furder,

I was

e for

compensations for my

services and.

and outlay

int

exconting the kriminal process of the Court ;

and

conformity

with schedule to t

attached to the General Rule of the Supreme

Mourt of Hongting,

which have been sanctioned

be H. Ms.

U's. Government; has

allowed

me

the specified fe of $4 for the service of each

Summons and Subsana. Nevertheless

the

Thos of office, still continued small, but I

158

Colons/progresses,

indulged the hope that as the Colons pogrias, Such has gradually been:

Jo

would

business. Such

the case, and so

long

Receive compensations,

I contioned to..

increasing in proportion

le my labor, se long diet I'consider

Servicce

requited; but if that compensations or auf

equivalent is with dearon. I fear that the

Sheriff will exparimu some

experience some de

which a

are

delfiently int finding an efficient Gasily willing texultil

an office, the uncluments of erhücke. totally inadequate to his support.

I.. the formations of o

duties attached to each

arduous,

DONE

sil v v

kolen,

the

Govemment officer, ar

is expected and acheally propoun

by them; than by officers holding

similar

appointments in old and

organized Colonies. such much extra work has fallen to my

A

As

share, particularly with Regard to collecting

chinese Evidences who wonde attendance at

the

Supreme.

and in

Court and cause

much trouble,

my anxiety to give salesfaction and

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