6
3057
to read the marginal notes
thereof.
It
was
suggested by
an
unofficial
member
that this practice, which
some time past
has
for
been discontinued, should
be revived inasmuch
it resulted in
a
considerable saving of time. But to this I
was
decidedly opposed. I
considered that in the
first place it would be contrary
to what had been required by the Standing Orders, and secondly that it would be a dangerous
practice to adopt.
I
was desirous, however,
of meeting,
in
so
far as
I could, the wishes of the
unofficial members, and, after conferring with the
Attorney General on the subject,
we were
of opinion
that it might not be
objectionable to follow
the
principle
in