CO129-215 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1884 [1-4] — Page 430

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to the then Secretary of State for the Colonies a request for a refund of my passage money and by a letter No. 573 of 1883 such request was granted.

At that time the post of Police magistrate in this Colony was vacant and I applied for the same; I had made up my mind that if the Colonial office would not grant such application I should resign my appointment of Clerk to the Chief Justice. Under these circumstances I delayed drawing my passage money which had been granted.

As I have before stated, until the result of my application for the Police Magistracy should be made known. After waiting for some five months and having reason to believe that the Colonial office was not inclined to give me the magistracy, I resigned my appointment of Clerk to the Chief Justice in August 1883. In December of the same year the appointment of Police magistrate was offered to me and I accepted it.

I now have to request that Your Lordship...

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428 3 to the then Secretary of State for the Colonies a request for a refund of my passage money and by a letter No. 573 of 1883 such request was granted. At that time the post of Police magistrate in this Colony was vacant and I applied for the same; I had made up my mind that if the Colonial office would not grant such application I should resign my appointment of Clerk to the Chief Justice. Under these circumstances I delayed drawing my passage money which had been granted. As I have before stated, until the result of my application for the Police Magistracy should be made known. After waiting for some five months and having reason to believe that the Colonial office was not inclined to give me the magistracy, I resigned my appointment of Clerk to the Chief Justice in August 1883. In December of the same year the appointment of Police magistrate was offered to me and I accepted it. I now have to request that Your Lordship... 1.
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to the then Secretary of State for the Colonies a request for a refund of

my passage money and

by

a letter we 573 of 1883

such request

was

granted.

At that time the post

of

Police magistrate in

this Colony

was racant

and I applied for the same : I had made up

my mind that if the Colonial officwould tot grant such application I should resign my appointment of Clerk to the Chief Justice. Under these circumstances I delayed drawing my which

passage money

དཊྛཀྑཝེ,,ནིརི;,P

had been granted

As

I

have before stated until the result of my application for

the Police Magistracy should

be made known. After

Jour waiting for domar five months

and having reason to believe that the Colonial office

not inclined to give

was

Frie

the magistracy, I resigned

my appointment of Clerk to the Chief Justice in

August 1883. In December

of

the

Jarne

year

the

and

appointment of Police magistrate

was offered to me

I accepted it.

I now have to request.

Your Lordship

Lordship will

that

had....

be

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