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limitation, therefore, he would be

reduced to such a state

of professional inaction that he must necessarily deterinate; his actual practice in Court would be so small that become less efficient

be would soon

general

Zerein than the private practitioners; as that the Fusimene plovemment would be worse done than that

of private

findividuals.

6. Again, it is desirable in -

regularity in the

order to Keep up

iractice of the Court that the ittorney General should be

rractically, as he is

he is nominally,

the head of the Bar in the Colony

by taking part

in

the general

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business of the Courts; and if he were never to appear except behalf of the Grown, the confidence of the People in the Administration of Justice would be weakened, as The would be regarded merely merruber of the Government rather

than

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as a

as a

the Law.

practitioner of the

Looking alss to the

very

limited Bar which now exists

in the Colony, it would be disadvantageons to the mercantile and general Community to deprive them of the

of the opportunity of obtaining the advice and assistance of the

General

Attorney

8. But the strongest argument.