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members of both branches of the legal profession inviting
them to meet the Judges for the purpose of considering the
question. I append a copy of the notice.
4. The meeting which was attended by nearly all
the members of the profession in the Colony was accordingly
held, and I append a short memorandum of the proceedings which
took place at it.
5. It will be seen from the memorandum that the
members of the profession present were unanimous in thinking
that it is desirable that the system of civil procedure at
present obtaining in the Supreme Court should be revised, and
that the offer which I made to undertake the work of revision
while on leave of absence in England should be accepted.
6. I have therefore to ask that Your Excellency
will kindly approve of my carrying out this undertaking and
further that in that event you will give your sanction to my
arranging with the Crown Agents for printing in an inexpensive
manner a sufficient number of copies for consideration and
amendment by the members of the profession on my return to the
Colony. It would not be possible for me to make a satisfactory
draft unless it were put in type, and besides the printing of
the draft will greatly reduce the cost of printing the new
Code in the Colony when it is settled. But in any case the cost
will not be much.
I have, &c.,
(Sd.) J.W.CARRINGTON,
Chief Justice.