the time no Attorney General, or other Barrister in the actual Service of the Crown.
held
Mr. Venables' merely temporary appointment during the
of the Attorney General's
absence
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and I thought it therefore convenient and advisable to associate with him
the permanent high Officers in the permanent Service of Her Majesty, and Members
of the Executive Council of the Colony. I have to add that the objection
since made
was not
foreseen by Chief Justice Hulme, whom I consulted on the occasion, and I hurt may here remarking
the satisfactory result which
attended the Sessions of the Commission held there. Should again recur the necessity for making provision for the performance of the Chief Justice's duties, during his illness, I shall of course call on Mr. Attorney-General Anstey, but I think it right to note the possibility, on some future occasion, of the Attorney-General of the day reserving objection
to
Mr. Venables, which
such an arrangement
necessarily interferes for the time with his practice at the Bar, and may permanently prejudice his professional interests.
I have
no
reason to think
that Mr. Anstey would, on being