CO129-188 - Governor Hennessy - 1880 [5-6] — Page 453

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applied for that port - Irons then informed at the Colonial office that those already in the service had the preferruce, and their claims Would be considered first. In the meantimil Si John Walker had point but a paper containing a hit of the duties which were

said to be those of the Registrar of the dupreme__

ofthe Couch of stong thong, the pay of which war said to be equal to the thousand pomid's († 1000) per annuine, and that done other office. would pointually be attached which would gaise it about how hundred pomids (2200)

per annum more.

I saw Fir John Holter upon this, finding that the office involord peceimary responsibility, and dealing with accounts, I

And

declmird

declned it and porturned the paper.

Afterwards finding that my not bring

In the device was considered at the Colonial office to be a bar bany appointment as Chief gretice and having been told that I might have. the post at Itong Kong, I saw the under Secstay and told him that I would entertain the offer which Sei the Holker had reade- I Chen

agreed to accept the pesh as quasi judicial, on bring informed that there were two Deputies. to attend in Court, and that midy functions

would be those

of a

a master in the Common

daw Courts, a Registrar in Chancery and in Bankruptey- all of which are judicial officers _

kpen

this understanding I agreed to accept the. appointment and thereupon a formal Offer

of

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