I move:—
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £4,560 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending 31st March, 1947, for such of the Salaries and Expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49 and 50; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; and No. 48 of 1936, secs. 51 and 77) and for a Capitation grant.
This Vote is required mainly to meet extra expenses due to increased salaries and also to the fact that during the year six justices were ill. At the present moment there are four ill. That meant that we had to pay double salaries in these cases—the salary of the justice who was ill and the salary of the substitute. Another justice, District Justice Price, kindly took up the work of finishing the rules of the District Court. As he is giving his whole time to that, we had to relieve him of his judicial duties. That and increased bonuses explain the necessity for bringing in this Estimate.
