wish that the drawing fee
of $1 for the # folio of 12 words
And
50 cents for every succeeding
folio, with 25 cents for fair Copying, be allowed to stand unaltered. The scale in this
respect, of the Attorney General,
I do consider not sufficiently
remunerative, as we cannot
obtain the assistance of
lawyers, but only
on very
much heavier terms than
in England, and
unquestionably our expenses
of living
at Home,
are
greater than
As a
fact in favor
of my position I may
add, that during the
government of Sir George
Bonham, in this Colony, the
matter of fees was submitted
to the Home Authorities, who
intimated to this Government
that they
were not too much, but
were "reasonable", to that
effect.
Be pleased to
forward my note to the
rest of our
profession, without
delay, in order that all of
them may
make their
representation as