Confidential Memo:
M.W. Austin,
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9th January 1869.
Judge Ball having got leave of absence for a year and having left the Colony this morning, it is necessary to fill up his place with as little delay as possible; at first, how the peculiar position of the courts here and various other circumstances render this by no means an easy task.
I therefore propose to obtain the advice of the members of the Executive Council on the subject, with the exception of the Attorney General, for obvious reasons. It is unfortunately too true, and in making such...