CO129-063 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [4-7] — Page 287

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appointed to the vacancy,

Clerkship of Court was

the Aurship

abolished.

and

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I now beg respectfully

to state that there exists an

ant

absolute necessity for increase of this Department not merely to meet the cas absence caused by illness, - but really and truly to enable us to get through the work? - the business of the Court having increased very considerably, in fact it is at the last six

times as much as was in

June 1850 - In addition to

1.

I'

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the office work - the sitting,

of

-

the Court have increased

in an equal ratio, and

cop

Course when the Court is in

Session, the other work must be to a curtain extent put

aside.

Under these arcumstances

I hope that this Excellency will see the necessity of increasing the shength of this department and meet. it by appointing possible a blat in the Tublic office of the Supremi

and who I humbly

fourt

as soon as