was not from my table a task acknowledged beyond.
"On August 1st I found it necessary to ask the Chief Justice to define my position with regard to the other officers in the separation & he leaving publicly states that Sir H. Hageland was bound to keep the Book of Rules and orders which I had brought from England with the sanction of the Colonial Office, a book which I considered essential to the preservation of regularity and which has been previously kept by Mr. Hageland without any demur. To my letter of that date I crave leave to refer.
On August 1st the Chief Justice by his acting Clerk Mr. Hageland answered my letter before mentioned, in the words following. "The Chief Justice requests me to say that instructions as to the position of the officers in the Registry office relatively to your capacity will be given verbally as soon as His Excellency the Governor shall have decided on the constitution of the staff. The Chief Justice says that you may apply to the Chief Justice himself when he is sitting in the Supreme Court but that as to ordinary detail Mr. Daughter, the Deputy Registrar, can give you sufficient information." He further says "The Chief Justice instructs...
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