that: Lord Grey's Dispatch may be considered
disposing of the question in what authority
the appointment of Judge's clerk is vested, as it is clear His Lordship does not consider
of an entirely personal nature.
The office
ad one-
and that so far from the removal of Mr. Frotter at the request of the Acting Chief Justice being approved of by His Lordship,
supporting
the application to have been made,
I have, &c.,
(Signed) W. Caine
Colonial Secretary
True Copy
Colonial Secretary
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the adoption of such
measure,
had Mr.
Frotter not declined to discharge the duties
of
the office, would have entailed, on
Mr. Campbell
the expense of remunerating any person
he
might have seen fit to employ
in
that
capacity.
To prevent however as far as possible
any further misapprehension, a copy of the
correspondence that has passed
between His Excellency and
on
the subject
yourself
will
be transmitted for the consideration and orders of His Lordship.