CO129-072 - Indviduals - 1858 — Page 216

of

arrival in.

the

Colony.

thold.

less than Twelve Inquests. nine weeks after his

some.

- Cutive days. from the necessity of accurately interpreting, trans- of them occupying the entire business hours of two or three Conse =

: (ating, and transcribing.

the

Consumption of time which

Evidence of native witnesses :

very much conflictes with the dischar

Esland and on board ship; all of which several documents has the

aus service of copies ofsame in different parts of the

The preparation Lummons upon prisoners : The preparation of briginal Subpænas; service of all notices of trial; The preparation and service of all such Engrossments for service upon prisoners; The peeparation aus the subsequent Ingrossing of same when approved; The copying of all Judictments for the penisal and apperval of the Attorney General; Us frown Solicitor your Memorialist-had the preparation of

difficulties which compelled your Memorialist to resign,

prepened.

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Solicitor required his attendan "quired in Court, some times as Sheriff when his decly as frouse Leveral days) your Memorialists constant attendance was re= : recursing Sessions, during the continuance of which (often for

several duties to perform preparating to, and during, monthly = and hanscribed into Chinese; and your Memorialist had these

and

English

the pist in

'vice versa

which you

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Ja.

elsewhere, and sometimes.

the Offices of Deputy Sheriff

accepting the

Coroner to

Conceived that the duties there of would not have been more arduous

pleased to appoint him, your Memorialist had

and,

h you were..,

Your Memorialist had in the course of abent

but found the fact the very different, masmuch as-,

that the duties ordinarly attached & similar Offices.

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in this Country

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of your Alemorialists other duties:

Your Stemorialist respectfully begs to bring under your

duties

notice that as Deputy Sheriff he had to discharge many Connected with the fail in Hong Kong from which the Boards of Suder:

• Zovernors of Lails in this country relieve the

intendance aur,

under herits of Counties; amongst those duties your Memorialist w? Enumerate the necessity of attending daily and pequently at the Jail.

necessaries

to investigate complaints Concensing prisoners and fail police : Jo supervise and auxit all accounts connected with the Etablishment

Containing nearly 300 prisoners; To sign all orders,

for and see, when required, that such necersanes were of the proper quality : in short, the responsible for the due and efficient dischaye of all duties connected with every branch of the Department, a responsibility, which could only be perperly and conscientiously discharged by

-remitting as to interfere exceedingly with the due discharge of the several other publice duties imposed upon Your Memorialist;

attention to constant and un

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Your Memorialist begs leave respectfully to represent that the difficulties of your Memorialists position - great as they were. were considerably aggravated by the circumstance of the overbearing and exceedingly offensive demeanour of M. Anstey. Her thajestys

W. then Attorney General for Hong Kong, rendering all official inter- - Couse with him extremly difficult and almost impracticable;

That in addition to the encumstances heretifore stater, Your Memorialist found the expense of house rent and living in the Colony the very greatly

more than he had been led to calculate lepon, and on more than one occasion took opportunities of re- - presenting the difficulties attending his position to the Colonial Secretary

W.

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