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at a great disadvantage, compared with cadets who enter the service devote two or more years exclusively to the study of the language. Of Mr. Wise's capabilities and general efficiency I have a high opinion. For a considerable period whilst Mr. Wodehouse was on leave in England, he performed the duties of both Magistrates with the greatest facility and to the entire satisfaction of the Government. I strongly recommended him for appointment to the Registrarship of the Supreme Court, and I have recently appointed him during the absence on leave of Mr. Ackroyd, to temporarily fill the office of Puisne Judgeship, a post which I consider him well qualified to occupy permanently in the event of it becoming vacant.
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In view of these circumstances I venture to hope