CO129-072 - Indviduals - 1858 — Page 244

Sheriff..

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ennialist

and Queens Procter (which Caller office your found himself, upon arrival in the Colony, directed to condertakes

the duties of by the Colonial Government) at £100 per ann ; but begs to assere that neittion the fees actually received during the

time he held these offices, nor any information which he carefully

sought after on the subject

would justify his calculating such fees

at so high a scale, after payment of attendant expenses;

That lost it should be supposed that the duties imposed

upon your Memorialist by his respective offices were of an exceptional

halive, and their excess created

in

owing

to the troubling

pavilion of

the Colony, your momnialist most respectfully beges

leave to impress upon you

that such was not the

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most careful engines made by your memorialist justify hein in

arriving at this conclusion, and it is remarkable that of the Irequests held by your Memorialist, but very few presented features arising porn the crisis of affairs in the Colony, while Cassi of Piracy seemed to have become more tare

times, a fact alluded to in your. Sohn Bowring, to which he exlicits,

than

in in ordinary

Memorialisto letter (No.1) Weir

o your

allentin

Your Memorialist begs to bring to your notice the circum:

of the Offices of frown Solicitor

Manee

and Theist and Coroner having

Sherift

been seperated upon his resignation, S.W. Turner having

been

ap:

pointed (rown Colicitor and W. May Deputy Sheriff. I Coroner,

& fact which

your Memorialist most respectfully submits tends

much to prove that the duties of both offices were excessive

for one individual to fierform, and the

the

Salary now paid Mess?! Turn

Jurner

Art

for aggregate amount of May

does not exceed

that at which your Memorialist held there offices, still..

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Memorialist would respectfully direct your attention to the_

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Turner as frown ti lightew Considerably the duties of W. Turner a : Wows Staff of assistants; another fact which would tear much description of process - transfered to. W. May with his numer onerous portion of them - such as the service of wits and all now lightened and simplified much by having some of the most

expecially where such duties are hime as trown Solicitor, more augmentation for the discharge of the additional duties brought!

of Clecks and assistants pn its conduct needing little or the Colony, possessing large professional practice and a Stass

: fooper Turner is a solicitor some time established in Expected to 80. to accept office at a lesser amount of Salang than he could be undermentimed circumstances which enable his success.rs

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much

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Attorney General : Memorcalist Ever received at the hands ofter Majesty's your more Consideration asfrown Solicitor than which, it is submilled, would ratiorally lead this being treated

privati professional practice tt. Ansley, a circumstance former being enabled to give (as he invariably did give) between him and Her Majesty Allorney General. I. Anstey, the

the terms of close and confidential intimacy which verbister

with for

Memorialist as Desenly Sheriff. & Coroner Defurly d your appointed. bsucceed, Consequently possessed of additional peculiar advantages) when: Mr May (an early resident official in the Cotony and

was attached,

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Meminialist was

your..

Office besides being provided with ample ened and believed

held already the appointment of Superintendent of Police to wr

rotash jo to happen

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