CO129-066 - Public Offices - 1857 — Page 433

the

Struggle

or

advise toho considued Memorialists herthe Suffering the Colony, ( including your Memoyalast's Media Sevice, and acting on the advice of funds of experience due regard to the proper discharge of the public doty

with any degree of fentice to himself, a meet expended, untill finding it impossible to contince

in

nou

appended herets, to which Memorialist respectfully

his resignation to Sir John Booring in the letter,

Your Memorialist was at length compelled to tender from excess of labour, than from effect of Climate)

Gott

Soluits your

attention

he has carefully prepared upon the lowest respectfully before you the following Estimate of official

Your Memorialist begs leave to lay

Expensed which he

25 Qollars, about £66.0.0

P. Arm:

& Month

England. of life are from 100 to 200. p. Cint dear than in

P. Ann : and where nearly all the actual necefanced as would suit your Mundialist would be £104,

Hong Kong, where the rent of a small Stouse, such

R. Am : to maintain your Memorialists position

quats was the Jalxy of Lisas

and Manifestly madequate. possible scale, and from it you will primine how garth;

Rent of an

Office

Messages and other incidental duty's

Dalary of one Office Codie to convey

to act as interpreter

One Chinese Bailiff, the latter, 35-

Salaris of one European

One Chinese Click, at least. 60

Making.

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a total of annual Official 125

Expenses of

150.0.0

90.0.0

12.0.0

or £318.0.0

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Your Memorialist begs to state that in calculating Expenses and Income, he is willing to Exhmate the Ices of Papuchy Shriff-

Memorialist

and Queen's Proctor ( which batter Office your found himself. expon cnival in the Colony, directed to unditate the duties of by the Colonial Government) at £100

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Per Arm :- but begs to assure

e you that neither the Fus actually heaved during the tune he held these Offices, any information which he carefully sought after on the sulipot would justify his calculating such Fees at so high

a

scale after payment of attendant Expended.

That list it should be supposed that the ducties imposed upon your Memorialist by his respective Offices

exceptional Nature, and their excess created owing to the troublows position of Affairs in the Colony.

Manonalist most respectfully begs leave to impress

were

You

upon

of

ar

n you

that such was not the case; The most careful

Memorialist, enquries made by your

at justify him in arriving at this conclusion; and it is remarkable that of the Insprests held by your Memorialist but very few presuited features arising from the crisis of affais Colony, while cases of piracy sumed to have become more rare than in Ordinary tunes, a fact alluded to in Memoralist's letter ( N° 7) to Su John Bowering. to which he Sobicts your Attention

your

Your Manorialist begs to bring to your Notice

Sheriff and Coroner having

the offices of

the circumstance of brown Solicitor and

bee separated upon his resignation. Mr Jenner having been appointed Crown Solicitor, and Mr May Deputy

Sheriff