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of health.

In the Magistracy, where I have been above fifteen years, my knowledge of the duties has been acquired step by step, and so graduated have the changes been, that I have been enabled to follow them up- without much perplexity.

and so ao

to

render myself useful to the different-

been

Magistrates who have suce

successively appointed. These duties are laborious, but

they are simple compared with those of the Registrar of the Supreme Court; with the latter and with the ordinances,

Rules of Court, and other matters which have been accumulating for years, " with which the Registrar shonea be

familiar for

dis

and

charging his various

duties I

am an utter stranger, and at my age, and with a weak state

a weak state of health,

an attempt to perform them would only End in failure

and humiliation to me.

For the reasons I have given. I beg you will do me the favor of submitting my respectful but earnest desire that Heis - Excelleney the Governor will be pleased to underlating the appointment

excuse me.

from

of Registrar of the Supreme Court. The

Necessity for such a

being

request I deeply regret,

assured that His Excellency

moved to

was

confer this high appointment on

me, which would have improved my

Circumstances, and advanced me in

position so greatly from

a Consideration.

for my long services under this