9. I do not understand the sentence in paragraph 117 of the report "In a word, had he an extensive practice, he would be much more in touch with the Colony and its wants than if shut up in his chambers with his time purely taken up with departmental work"; if it means "taken up with purely departmental work", I can say I have had no such experience; there is no doubt a good deal of departmental work, but much other general work. It is not alone in an extensive practice that a man gains experience and gets in touch with the Colony's wants but by contact with others, social intercourse and a knowledge of men and things, which he is presumed to have gained before he assumes office.
10. I am not personally adverse to the Attorney General having private practice, but what I respectfully insist on is that it is not a question (if it is to be re-opened) which can be dealt with without full enquiry and if the Attorney General is to have private practice his salary should at least be sufficient for him to live on in accordance with his position and to preclude the temptation of subordinating public to private work and in my opinion $600 a month or $7,200 a year is the minimum salary he should be allowed.
I have, &c.,
(Sgd.) Andrew J. Leach,
Acting Attorney General,