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Secretary of State with the consent of the Board of Trade, such remuneration to be

paid out of the Mercantile Marine Fund.

i

I

beg, most respectfully, to submit that the

duties

of

are to the

a

Police Mea

Meagistrate in Honghing

to the full as androus as those discharged

particularly as he has

so many

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and such

arduous duties to discharge in his official

Capacity

J

may

add that

as

by See. 2.89

of the Act, all Colonial enactment's passed

in pursuance of

in

England; while the salary

Or

by a stiḥendiary in

paid

said to the

former

received in many

is not as longe

as that

instances, by the latte

Under Section 486 of the Cict,

the Board of Trade has power to pay

any nautical Assessor such remuneration as it thinks

the Harbor Master

fit.

as a

may

be considered to act in this Colony nautical Assessor, and I would therefore respectfully submit, is entitled to the some

semunuation as

similar

offices

it are

subject to dis allowance

11 repeal; and as Ordinance 11 of 1860 has been sanctioned at home, it is evident that

our Courts of Inquiry

aw

aw

approved of, and

therefore entitled to all the privileges and

advantages enjoyed by the local Marine Brands in the United Kingdom.

am

Considerable contributions are,

as

informed, annually resnitted hence to the Mercantile Mearine Fund; and as all Inquiries

are conducted, it be exid excelusively, for Imperial

at home;

may

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