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lais, than that the Procureur Général, (the Chief Law-Officer) should take part in private suits.
(4) This objection does not, however, apply in Singapore. The English, and the Colonial Communities trained under English law, have been accustomed for generations to see the Attorney-General and other Law Officers of the Crown act for private practitioners; notwithstanding the fact, though it occasionally provokes comment, it causes no general discontent, nor strikes at confidence in the administration of Justice.
(5) There is a very tangible objection to any change in the existing arrangement on this question, which is forcibly stated by Mr. Marsh (Enclosure 2). I refer to the additional expense to the Colonial Government which would be caused by forbidding the Attorney-General to engage in private practice. The annual salary of the Attorney-General of Singapore is at present Four Thousand Eight Hundred dollars ($4,800) equivalent to less than nine-hundred pounds sterling (£900). This amount is a fair remuneration for the
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