3. I am particularly interested to see that you
propose that an additional Puisne Judgeship should
be created and that the Registrar of the Supreme
Court should be given the powers of a Master in
the United Kingdom. The former would be a
particularly good move, as it would help to solve
the problem of the Court of Appeal, and I am sure
that everyone will agree that it is of the utmost
importance that adequate appeal facilities should
From the point of view of administration 1 Justice,
L
haven, If the Registrar,
If, Lt
be provided for every colony.
however, is to take interlocutory proceedings, that
will no doubt relieve the judges of some of their
present work, and perhaps the result might be that
there would not be the same need for an additional
If this is so it might perhaps be
Puisne Judge.
possible to transfer some of the more important
work now taken by magistrates to the Supreme Court
and avoid the appointment of an additional magistrate, docstly creating a st-off aganist.
se/reducing the additionaf expenditure consequent on
the increase of the Supreme Court Bench.
4. I entirely agree that the magistrates should be
in the Judicial Department and under the Chief Justice.
I expect Blackall has told you that this change was
made in Trinidad whilst he was there and the Attorney-
General of British Guiana told me a few days ago that
it has been suggested that that colony should follow
suit.
5.[
I was under the impression that the Grown-
was already regarded as being for some
purposes in the Attorney-General's Department, but
I gather I was wrong.
I believe Jamaica is the only
Las to
I am not quiti
char about the Ccam Schration.
whallin
other colony which now has a Crown Solicitor / the palicentar problem I Hong Kong necesitate the retention
& of the assume you apo batigfied that the office should be-
position L
office with its present status, I am not in a retained in Hong Kong, which I Lnow, of course, bas
9 understand that ite own particular problems, I gather that you
think and and
propose that retention of the office Assistant
hi
/Crown
•