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their salary and
tivre:
much
being m
in the various engaged in the
branches
of
the law than they
otherwise would be if they only
attended to Government works
they
are naturally more up
to their work and much more
useful to the Government in
matters of emergency
Br
trow in
Arnew
ordinary litigation as good
were
all round than if they
were to allow themselves to become
ruety
ordinarily required by Government.
on all but routine matters
of course if
the law
officers allow private business to interfere with public duties it
more than counter-balances
all the advantages that Government
would otherwise obtain from
permitting such officers the
privilege of private practice.
In
my
own experience I
have been in Colonies where
private practice has been permitted
and also in Colonies where it
has not been permitted and so
much depends upon the personal character of
the officer that in
a Colony where private practice
has not been permitted I have
thought with respect to one
Officer
that it was
a wise
regulation in the public interests
and
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