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To see various problems (or at decision proposed changes for my approval. In connexion with certain impending changes he came to me in despair, saying that he could do nothing with the Colonial Secretary, and that the proposals were very unfair as they entailed extra work on him, and he was already overburdened. I then informed him that I should take the matter up personally, as if what he had told me was accurate it was very prejudicial to the work of the Department. I thereupon wrote the letter of 29th February, to the first paragraph of which I beg to draw special attention. Mr. Seth knew quite well the action I was taking.
8. Correspondence then ensued between Your Excellency and myself in which the question of the status of the Registrar was discussed, as well as the relations of the Judges to the Government. I maintained that it was essential to consult them with regard to contemplated changes in the Registry; Your Excellency maintained that they should not be, but should only be informed by the Registrar as 'Head of Department' after they had been made. In paragraph 3 of Your Excellency's letter of 10th March the responsibility of changes in all Departments, including the Registry, was said to rest with the Colonial Secretary, I assume, from the first paragraph of Your Excellency's