CO129-201 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [6] — Page 10

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has decided not to suspend officer but there are

in this one

an

reasons

special for doing so, and

accordingly I forward for Your Lordship's consideration copies of all the proceedings.

4.

examining

this

case the singular fact

was disclosed that though Dr Eitel had been garetted as Supervisor of Interpreters and Translator in the Supreme Court

25th November last, he had never been instructed either by-

the Governor

y

or the Judges

Judges as to.

what were his duties. He had

applied

more than once to the

Judges for such information but

in

in vain.

Mr. Phillippo has told me

that the correspondence between Your Lordship and Governor Hennessy

On-

the subject of the creation of this ____ appointment had not been communicated to the Iredges until

quite recently, since my arrival, though he had seen it at the Colonial

Office (London).

5.

on

the

It

was

principally

ground that Dr Eitel had

applied in vain to have his duties defined and also

owing to my belief that he bona fide thought... that he was entitled to sharge for translations made by hime in his

own

time having been told so, he

asserts

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