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THE COUNCIL, 



which is altogether controlling. Some notion of its extent 

 may he formed from the following items, which have fallen 

 under my observation. He appoints the Vice-Chancellor, 

 with a salary of about $12,500 a year; two assistant 

 Judges, with salaries of $10,000 a year each ; six chairmen 

 of quarter sessions, at $6,000 a year each ; three revising 

 barristers to canvass the votes of the island annually, at 

 $1,000 a year each ; a commissioner of stamps, at $2,500 

 a year ; three official assignees of insolvents, at $2,500 

 a year each ; nine water bailiffs to regulate the landing 

 and discharge of vessels, with salaries at discretion; 

 seventeen health officers and an indefinite number of as- 

 sistants, at undefined salaries ; an agent general of immi- 

 gration, at a salary of $1,500 a year; an inspector general 

 of police, at a discretionary compensation ; an inspector 

 general of prisons, at a salary of $3,000 a year ; a super- 

 intendent at $1,500; an auditor of accounts at $2,000; 

 and some fifty subordinate officers ; and finally, he has the 

 extraordinary power of suspending any member of the 

 Council, and of appointing a new member in his place. 



I have not alluded before to the Second Estate of the 

 island, the Council, which, as a nominal branch of the 

 local government, is worthy of some notice. 



The Council is the upper house of legislation in Jamaica, 

 and is composed of twelve men appointed by the crown, of 

 whom the Lieutenant Governor, the Chief Justice, the At- 



