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Your Lordship will not disapprove of what I have done.

4.

The Coroner has –

preferred a request that he might

be allowed chair hire as

the

meu

mortuary will be 14 miles distant

" from the Police Court, and I do not think that his request

et is unreasonable.

The salary of the office $990, is small

considering the specially disagreeable

nature

of

the duties to be

performed

in this Colony, and I would

recommend for Your Lordship's ..

approval

an allowance of $12 a

month

month for this purpose.

There will be ample.

means for providing for the construction

of this

revenue

mortuary, out of the excess of last year.

of_

as

year which as far

can be ascertained, will be about

$250,000 a

although .

a considerable sum

is still unrecovered for Crown rates

and taxes.

I have the honour to be

My Lord,

Your Lordship's Most Obedient Humble devant,

Bellarin

Administering the Government.