CO129-118 - Public Offices - 1866 — Page 263

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It is obvious that, at so late a period in the Quarter, it must have been next to impossible, with the limited staff at the disposal of the Treasurer, for that officer to have had filled up and served 4900 notices of Rates, the receipt of which was due

the same quarter, especially

during

with a notice - server

a

shanger in the Colony and " at that time mable

" serve more than 50 notices aday."

to

My Lords dwell upon this part

of the subject, because it appears from the Report of the Committee that the Arrears for the 'h year ending of July, 1864, amounted to $33, 500

while during the ensuing

they

lad

only

An arrear

the 31st

12 months

increased to $42,039

In the reply to this Letter the following Number should be quoted.

*

260

"such as that of Hong Nong, unless strong

measures are resorted to in order to checkt;

but; to far from any assistance kaving been given to the Treasurer to enable hime to deal with it, his second representation, dated the 4th of July, 1864, as to the

insufficiency of his staff does not appear to have been attended to more in the preceding year, than his first

while the trew of the Court of summary jurisdiction in respect of the Warrants; which it issued

at the instance of the Treasurer for the recovery of the Rates,

is stated to have been "that the execution

" of such Warrants was subordinate to the

" ordinary functions of the Court," and

no check of any

the

this nature is

Imoney

of business of this

apt to be cumulative with a population

kind was exercised over

received by ito Bailiff in the

execution

Such