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his duties as Registrar. The deceased also while officiating as Acting Registrar acted as Official Administrator of Intestate Estates, Official Assignee in Insolvency and Bankruptcy, and Proctor of the Vice-Admiralty.
That your memorialist's late Husband throughout his official career merited and possessed the highest esteem, confidence and good opinions of his official superiors and the Colonial community, as a zealous conscientious and intelligent public servant, and that she is confident ample and irrefragable testimony to this effect will be borne by the late and present Governors, Sir John Bowring, Sir Hercules Robinson, Sir B. G. McDonnell, Mr. W. J. Mercer, &c., in confirmation of which your Memorialist would desire to draw your Lordship's attention to the annexed note addressed to deceased prior to his last departure from the Colony by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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That the health of the deceased was for several years impaired by climatic disease, with repeated attacks which culminated in "Atrophy of the Liver", and that his strength being entirely exhausted in the beginning of 1868 he was compelled to apply for sick leave and died at Genoa on the Honourable...
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That the salary attached to the office of Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court is only £400 per annum, a sum that is Hong Kong equivalent to about half the amount in England, and that had it not been for the additional remuneration received by deceased for the various acting appointments held by him at various times it would have been impossible for him to have maintained himself.
That your Memorialist was by her Husband's death left unprovided for, the estate being burdened to the full extent of its income, and has been, though greatly grieved and distressed, unable to form and conduct a useful educational establishment, unable from want of means to take any steps in that direction, for, owing to her late Husband having been compelled to leave this Colony some months in advance of his last leave, the lapse of which would have entitled him to a contribution to the expense of their homeward passage, the heavy charges connected with such bereavement and his last illness and interment abroad, entirely absorbed the funds available at the time of his death.
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his duties as Pregistrar. The deceased also while officiating as Acting Pregistrar actect as Official Administrator of Intextate Estates, Official Assignes in Jusolvency and Bankruptcy, "and Préquetion of the bins Adeniralty.
That your menirealiets late Husband thereghout his official cerces merited area presessed the highest esteem, confidener and good opinions of his official superiors and the Colonial community, as a zealous conscientions and intelligent public servant, and that she is confident ample and irthing testimong to this effect will be borne by the late and present Governers. Sis John Bowring. Sir Hercules Probiceson, Sis B. G. Me Jonneé Mr W. J. Mercer de de, in confirmation of which your Memorialist would desire to
draw your Lordship's attention to the aunoyed note addrecent to deceased prin to his last departure from the Colony & by the Cheif Justice of the Supreme Court.
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