Appoint clerks already

in the Establishment at salaries

averaging

£100 a year each.

It would not be possible to

Obtain hands of higher calibre

in England (much less at

salaries of £100 a year), and

as, according to Austin's reports, the

conduct of the present set of

clerks is the subject of

complaint, I do not see the use

of adding to the number, especially when

men who could hardly be

expected to possess higher quali-

fications for the work.

I would suggest for your

consideration whether it would not

be expedient to select this

trained clerk from the Supreme

Court at £150 a year, on

equality with the officer

at present styled head clerk;

to weed out from the permanent

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