His Honour Liang Ju-hao, Taotai of this Port and vicinity, administered severe censure upon Mr. Pao, the Senior Magistrate of the Mixed Court, last week. It seems that after handing up a list of the runners of the Mixed Court to the Taotai to be put on record, Mr. Pao last week added two more names to the list, without the authority of the Taotai, and desired to draw their salaries for the last two months, As this was most irregular the Taotai administered a censure upon the Magistrate for his carelessness in omitting the names of the two runners in his previous These two men's duty is to visit the Municipal Police Station in the Settlement, and in permitting the addition his Honour Taotai Liang ordered that the pay of the two ranners in question would be deducted for the two months in view from Mr. Pao's own salary, as @ punishment for his carvlevemes
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