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with His Excellemey's kind permission,

to state briefly, the reasons

why us it appears

to me, the application therein contained in entitled to consideration; and also, on the

part of the official members of the Court,

to advance a

claim

for

remuneration, a

claim however,

which in

my opinion shoreld

be made, not on the Government of this

balony, but on the Board of Trade,

In the

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first place, with regard to the Official members of the loant: in all

non.

Inquiries of such

a na

alure

Q.A

that we are

Now conducting, considerable time is -

necessarily occupied; and this Kantorny

is fully

awane

of

the various and onerous

duties which have to be

ed by all

performed

the members of this community, and off

the consequent great

caused

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ince

nence which is

by any interruption in their ordinary

are

avocations to those who

engaged in Mercantile or maritime pursuits, in as

place of such extreme Commercial activiti as Honghing

Time is of the utmoch

value to gentlemen, who like Mr. Gibb, Partners in extensive Firms,

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ax

Captain Hoeaton and Captain Wilson,

have their professional duties to attend to:

In the next place as to the

Official members

the Count The

of the

Courts of Inguing which sit here,

analogous

ii

every way

are

to those held.

in the United Kingdom, before the local Me arine Boards appointed under the

provisions of the alleerchant Shipping

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