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30 The Right Honourable Henry Labouchere M.P. &c. &c. to Her Majesty's Chief Secretary of State for the Colonies,
The Memorial of James John Hickson lately Crown Solicitor, Deputy Sheriff, and Coroner at Hong Kong:
Most Respectfully sheweth,
That it having come to your memorialist's knowledge, about the month of September in the last year, that Her Majesty's Government were about to appoint a Crown Solicitor to the Colony of Hong Kong, your memorialist made application to be appointed to such Office, and forwarded with his application several Testimonials as to Character and capacity, which Testimonials still remain in the Colonial Office and to them your Memorialist begs leave to refer:
That your Excellency was pleased, upon perusal of such Testimonials, to appoint your memorialist to the joint Offices of Crown Solicitor, Deputy Sheriff and Coroner at an annual Salary of £300, causing it to be intimated to your memorialist at the same time, that he would be allowed the privilege of private professional practice, the opportunities for which, in the Colony, he was informed and believed would be considerable.
That your Memorialist proceeded upon the 11th of October 1836 to undertake the duties of his appointment at Hong Kong, but very soon after his arrival in the Colony found that not only were the duties of the several offices to which he had been appointed extremely onerous, wholly occupying Memorialist's time and utterly precluding all possibility of any private professional practice – but that they were of such a nature as to conflict much with each other, rendering their performance a matter of impossibility for any one person unaided by Clerks or Assistants:
Your Memorialist begs leave to Enumerate here some of the duties required from him as Crown Solicitor, Deputy Sheriff, and Coroner, with the view of placing you in possession of some of the difficulties which conflicted...
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30 The Right Honourable Henry Labmchere M.P. Je te to Her Majesty's Chief Secretary of State for the Colonies, The Memorial of James John Hickson lately Crown Solicitor, Deputy Sheriff, and Coroner at Hong Kong:
Most Respect fully sheweth,
That it having come to your meniscialist is knowledge, about the mouth of September in the last year.
that Mer
Hajerlys Govenment were about: to appoint a Crown Solicitor to the Colony- of Hong Kong, your memorialist made application to he appointed to such "Office, and forwarded with his application Leveral. Testimonials as
to Character and capacity, which Testimonials still remain in the Colonial office and to them your Memorialist begs leave to refer :
That you
you twin pleased, upon peruval of such Testimonials, to appoints your them cialis ; to the joint Offices of Crown Soliciter. Deputy Sheriff and Croner ut on annual Calary of £ 300, causing it to be intimated to your memorialid at the same time, that he would be allowed the privilege of private professional practice
Sobeitir, the opportunities for which, in the Colony, he was
would be considerable,
as a
informed and believed
That-your Memo cialist proceeded upon the 11th of October 1836
to undertake the duties of his appointment at Stoughing, but very soon after
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his arrival in the Colony found that not only were the duties of the several offices to which he had been appointed externly onerous
wholly occupying Memorialist time and utterly precluding all possi- :bility of any privule professional practice – but that they were of such a nature as to conflict much with each other, tendering
their
performance a matter of impossibility for any one person unaided by Clecks or Assistants :
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Your Memorialist begs leave to Enumerate here some of the dulis. tequired from him as Crown Solicitor. Deputy Sheriffs, And Coroner, with the view of placing you in possession of some of the difficulties which
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