7. 311 have been till the occasion in question.
demanded for Cases originating out of the limits of the Colony proper.
8. A like demand might be made, with as much reason in respect of the frequent British vessel cases occurring on high seas.
9. In short, the Supreme Court has certain duties assigned to it, and certain Officers are appointed to perform them. The Chief Justice or Registrar might as well claim fees in these cases as the Attorney General or the Crown Solicitor.
being imagining such a claim reasonable, and desirous to bring it forward, should have done so through the local Government; one inconvenience arising from the omission to do so is shown in the incorrectness that would be necessarily found in the Blue Book returns, where a column is set apart showing the emoluments of each Officer beyond his salary.
10. again the Attorney General or minor degree is the credit of the local
11. The question seems to me one of purely Executive Administration, and I cannot agree with Mr Smale's letter (See enclosure 892 of 19th May, 1863, in my Despatch above quoted) that the Foreign Office alone is interested. The Foreign Office is interested only indirectly and in a pecuniary