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but he was both too goodnatured and too much lacking
in strength of character to raise objections.
Subject to your approval, therefore, I would propose
to allow him to remain in office for a few months
under Ir. Nisbet's successor, when appointed, and
then, unless he retires voluntarily, to call on him
to retire on the ground of old age, under Section 3
of Ordinance 2 of 1862.
16. Two other matters deserve mention in this
connection. One is the complete breakdown in health
P.F. 21294 of lir. O'Sullivan, who acted as First Bailiff during
the illness of Er. Hill and after the latter's retire-
ment. Kír. O'Sullivan's breakdown is generally believed to be due largely to the worry caused by the
protracted investigations of the accounts of the
Supreme Court Registry, though he himself was found
to be free from blame. The other is the attitude
of the local members of the legal profession, who
appear to have shown an almost incomprehensible forebearance towards delays in payment by the Registry of amounts due on writs.
19.
It remains to seek your authority to ask the Legislative Council for a vote for $7,818.97 to meet the deficit in the Supreme Court accounts. Then this has been taken and the staff of the Registry has been reorganized, I trust it may be possible to close this unpleasant episode which has caused me and the Colonial Secretary much worry and anxiety at a time when all our energies were needed to deal with
dangers