241
of 21100
returned herewith.
That Bond is expressly confined to securing good conduct and duty accounting for money received by Mr. Gibbons as Registrar. It does not extend to suretyship for daily accounting for money received by him as Trustee or Official Administrator or Official Assignee or in respect of other Offices to be held by Mr. Gibbons.
Now it is a fact that Official sureties are still owing to the old fashioned form of the Bond securing the Crown against liabilities incurred by him.
The Crown was thus without remedy because my remonstrances were not attended to.
I referred to this loss to the public in my evidence before the Commissioners appointed to enquire into the Supreme Court, consequent on Huffam's defalcations at p. 65, from which I make a short extract.
I then said "I had doubt it will be seen that my recommendations would