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Thefe fums were applied to the payment of falarles on the 
civil eftabliihmcnt, the expences of the feveral departments, 
the repairs of Government buildings, and the contingencies 
and extraordlnaries of the colony, to all which, by a prudent 
economy, they were much more than adequate j for, on clofmg 
the public accounts the year after the departure of Lord Macart- 
ney from his government, there was a balance in the Treafury, 
amounting to between two and three hundred thoufand rix 
dollars, after every expence of the year had been liquidated. 
Jurisprudence. 
The outline of the conftitution and pradlce of the Court of 
Juftice at the Cape I have already had occafion to notice, and 
to obferve that its members were chofen out of the burghers of 
the town, and were not profeffional men brought up in the ftudy 
of the law. The Fifcal, who is the public accufer in criminal 
matters, and the Secretary of the Court, are the only perfons 
poflefled of legal knowledge. The jurifdidion of this Court 
extended to the trial of offences committed by the military ; in 
all fuch cafes, however, the Governor, as Commander in Chief, 
had the power of nominating two military officers, to fit on the 
trial and give their votes, with the ordinary members, upon the 
cafe. The members of the Court may be confidered as a kind 
of fpecial jury, who, having heard the evidence adduced by 
the parties, decide upon the fadts, and the Secretary points out 
the law. Their decifion, however, is carried by a majority of 
voices. 
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