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that though possibly capable of improvement, the Table works well, and has not given rise to any complaint on the part of any one.
29. I have carefully considered the question of accommodation, and have obtained from all the officers concerned their opinions on the subject.
The Acting Chief Justice is of opinion that the present space allowed to the Supreme Court is inadequate, and I entirely concur with him. I find it will be necessary to give up to the Court the whole of the space at present occupied by the Registrar General. That Officer and the corps of Interpreters will be accommodated in a portion of Brosby's Store.
This will entail a loss of $900 for rent, and an expenditure of $2,000 for necessary alterations; but as against this, I have to inform Your Lordship that I have given instructions to sell the remainder of the lot, the value of which is estimated by the Acting Surveyor General at from $100,000 to $120,000, and I anticipate an even higher sum than that from the sale.
30. In the reserved portion of the building there will be three rooms for the Interpreters and five rooms for the Registrar General. This accommodation I consider sufficient, and I shall be glad to have Your Lordship's permission for taking the work in hand.