CO129-151 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1871 [7-8] — Page 258

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méasure

approval of the proposed exprefsed by the Profession in general,

and it would

pased in its

120

darbt have been

in its original shape but for the following little incident.

the

Mr Ball in view of increased Jurisdiction about to be conferred upon his Court, addrefied

letter to the Government in which

The lave claim to an

£500 per

amuum

an increase

to his Salary.

The Government

Avas

not

of

prepared for this contingency in commuch -The Business of the Summary

as

Cort is so

small that it only

occupies the Judge

weeke

as a......

ane

Day

a)

general rule. The Comit

sito

at 1

to

255

often

every Tuesday and rives of tim

2 o'clock. It was

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natural

-suppose therefore that the existing

Salary of the Judge which is £ 1,500

per

annum

Was

high enough I

cowidning the small amount of

laber entailed

of the proposed

upon him, to allow

proposed increase in the

Jurisdiction of the Count.

oots, however, the gurd go the-gundy

insisted

upon his daim to the large addition to his Salary which I have mentioned, it was

decided to

Measure

abandon that portion of the which enlarged the jurisdiction, and to confine its Provisions to Amendments of the old Ordinance.

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