CO129-312 - Acting Governor Major Gen Sir Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1902 [7-9] — Page 358

No. 395.

Hongkong.

sir,

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41667

A COT

Goverment House,

Hongkong, 3rd. September, 1902.

355

I have the honour to inform you that the

Head Bailiff of the Supreme Court has hitherto been in the

habit of receiving, not in his public capacity but as a private individual, certain fees paid by the Official Receiver in bankruptcy for services rendered by the Head Bailiff in con- nection with the temporary custody and management of goods and

stocks in trade belonging to bankrupt estates.

2.

The average annual amount of these feas

varies between about $280 and $540, out of which the Head Bailiff requires to meet considerable out of pocket expenses.

On an average he draws about $125 a year nett.

3.

As the work done by the Head Bailiff in

this connection is no part of his ordinary duty and is en-

trusted to him merely because he is the most suitable man,

see no objection to the continuance of the practice for which

I have to ask for your formal approval.

I

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

SCC...

800-1

$cc..

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Your most obedient

Humble servant,

M.J. Gascoigne

Major-General,

Administering the Goverment.

MID