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I have the honour to acknowledge Your Excel- -lency's letter on the subject of the relations between the Registrar of the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice.
With deference, the word "finality" implies settlement; but Your Excellency informs me that the inferences drawn by me from Your Excellency's letters go beyond the terms used in them. It seems to me therefore that the question is as far off settlement as it ever was; nor can it be settled until all idea of the Registrar being an independent Head of Depart- -ment is removed not only from Mr. Seth's mind, but also from that of the Government, for otherwise there may be a recrudesc- -once of the same difficulty at any moment. In my opinion there can be no settlement of the question on any lines other than those indicated by me to Your Excellency at our recent inter- -view, and the 2nd. paragraph of Your Excellency's letter of 13th. instant led me to believe that this settlement had been arrived at. From Your Excellency's letter under reply it would appear that this belief is unfounded; if, by mischance, this is accurate I shall be compelled to request that the whole of the correspondence be referred to the Secretary of State.
With regard to the episode of Mr. Seth's conduct, I noticed with much regret that the form of words used by Your Excellency in conveying your opinion to that officer might almost escape the interpretation of conveying censure. But in order to avoid further correspondence on the subject, and knowing that that communication to yr. Seth would pass through the Colonial Secretary's hands, and having expressed my opinion very frankly in the hearing of the Colonial Secretary, I was content to let the matter rest. If however, as I gather from Your Excellency's letter under reply is possible, Your Excellen- -cy has any doubt that the conduct of both officers is deserving
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