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It subsequently transpired that the Registrar had put it in the Court file of a suit then pending in which the question had arisen. This was a mistake which a junior clerk ought not to have committed, and it caused much inconvenience. I have no doubt that this was a case in which it was my duty to reprimand the Registrar. Of course, if I considered the case of carelessness sufficiently grave I should report it. I am not very clear on the point, but I fancy that Your Excellency's contention is that I have not even this right.
17. In paragraph 8 of Your Excellency's Despatch, Your Excellency says that the Chief Justice has no power not conferred on him by Ordinance to interfere in the Executive and administrative work of the Registry, "as long as it is carried on to his satisfaction, and if he has cause of complaint his remedy is to report it to the Governor". The reference to Ordinances is, I venture to think, disposed of; for either they have no reference to the Registrar's duties as Registrar, or they do not refer to the question at all. The work of the Supreme Court involves a considerable amount of routine detail, and a staff is appointed to perform it; an officer, the Registrar, is put in charge of that staff; but it is impossible to sub-divide