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once to consider

whether any

measure should be proposed to the Council, which would entail the consideration of such.

an increase in the Emoluments of an office which

has been,

ever since its creation,

almost a Sinecure.

The Couil sits regularly,

every Tuesday,

and its business

is generally disposed of at

carly

howr

in the afternoon. It is brice that occasionally, there is a pressure of business, and ·

that now and then, actions

are

are

brought in which Counsel

retained, the matter in

dispute involving difficulty

or some

ne

legal

question of

local interest. The Court in such exceptional cases holds

a special Sitting, but I _ apprehend that if a return were called for of the Sitting. of the Court, it would be found that the Judge

a

it on an

Judge does not

average

nore

than

bout boor 10 full days in the

year.

It

reasone an

the

among

for this very

gothers that with

nce of the Members

concurrence

the Profession Soriginally

of

ggested

an

extension of the