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him. I thereupon appointed on the 11th Instant Mr. Hapon, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, to be provisionally Magistrate, vice Mitchell.

In the meantime on 8th Instant Mr. Wodehouse renewed his claim to be permitted to resign such, as I had agreed not to insist on his retention of office "beyond the 10th January last, I was compelled to appoint a successor provisionally.

I could make no other satisfactory appointment than that of Mr. Pennie, the Auditor General; and I accordingly appointed him from the 8th Instant, vice Mr. White. At the same time Mr. Pennie's services are otherwise so valuable, and to whom reference has to be made so frequently in matters connected with the daily business of the Colony that his absence for a considerable part of each day at the Magistrate's Court occasions serious inconvenience; and as soon as I can relieve him, and provide other means for conducting the Magisterial business, it is my intention to do so.

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him. I thereupon appointed on the 11th Instant Mr. Hapon, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, to be provisionally Magistrate, vice Mitchell.In the meantime on 8th Instant Mr. Wodehouse renewed his claim to be permitted to resign such, as I had agreed not to insist on his retention of office "beyond the 10th January last, I was compelled to appoint a successor provisionally.I could make no other satisfactory appointment than that of Mr. Pennie, the Auditor General; and I accordingly appointed him from the 8th Instant, vice Mr. White. At the same time Mr. Pennie's services are otherwise so valuable, and to whom reference has to be made so frequently in matters connected with the daily business of the Colony that his absence for a considerable part of each day at the Magistrate's Court occasions serious inconvenience; and as soon as I can relieve him, and provide other means for conducting the Magisterial business, it is my intention to do so.
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