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Wood, whom Your Lordship has promoted to be Second Police

Magistrate.

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3.

Hr. Woodcock's present salary is

$4,200 per annum with Exchange Compensation but without any

allowances and is therefore equivalent in sterling to

£630. The salary of Chief Clerk at the Magistracy is

£360

rising to £420 by £30 triennially and carries with it the

privilege of free quarters at the Magistracy, as the Chief

Clerk is required to reside there in case he should at any

time be required to take dying depositions during the

night time. The salary of Deputy Registrar and Appraiser is

£420 rising to £540 by 240 triennially, and the salary of

Secretary of the Sanitary Board has been reduced to £360

rising to £420 by £30 triennially. My proposal, therefore,

will decrease the saving due to the retrenchment in the

Sanitary Department but there will remain an immediate

gain to Government of £60 per annum, while, upon the retire-

-ment of Mr. Woodcock, the next Chief Clerk at the

Magistracy will be appointed on the existing salary, and

the full saving of between £270 and £210 will take effect.

4.

The suggested arrangement is

acceptable both to Mr. Woodcock and to Mr. Melbourne, and

I enclose a copy of a minute by the Registrar of the

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