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would be carried to account in

other fees paid

the same way in stamps- while any ex-

ex-official

of the Vice Admiralty Court doing work for which fees were paid

was to be protected from loss and under section 16 (3) of the

of the Act

to receive from

the Colonial Govemment

amount equal to the fees which represented that work, and which

under the old system would have

been

paid direct to him

that the interests of the

ex officials

by sec. 17 (3) of

further protected

the Act which provided

for their receiving compensation in the event of their suffering any pecuniary

loss in consequene

of the change. That such was

might happen in various

the duties

which in

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ways

of Marshal / for instance)

Colonies had been

performed by persons having

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position in the Supreme Court

might be transferred to

of

ex

official

that Court, or that the scale of

fees might be reduced without altering the Vice Admiralty Rules:

but that such loss would not

happen if

the ex-Marshal continued

the duties, and

to discharge

paid from the Colonial Treasury the amount of the fees received from the suitors for the work done

by

the Marshal.

That the late Chief Justice however appeared to have read

section!