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be made economically I made frequent

communications to the government.

I expressed

my views fully

as I was desired to

every Officer of the Supreme Court. I went at

length into a statement of the duties

of each officer in a

Letter to the

Colonial Secretary and in

Enclosure A - &.

In that communication I exhausted all means in which Mr. Justice Snowden

concurred.

No action was taken but on the

26th of March 1877 in consequence

of a letter I wrote on the 12th of February

1877.

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was asked to submit for consideration a rearrangement of the

duties, responsibilities and salaries of the Supreme Court.

On this request I again

submitted my views in a letter in 1877

my draft of which is without date.

As these communications were

strictly private I did not as usual cause copies of my letters to be made and kept by my Clerk. My drafts are not so complete as I could wish

The tendency of any recommendation, were to reduce the status of the Registrar

and his salary and to create a

fund thereout and on the margin

difference between Court fees and salaries to be fixed. The Coroner and Sheriff are officers of the

Supreme

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46 be made economically I made frequent communications to the government. I expressed my views fully as I was desired to every Officer of the Supreme Court. I went at length into a statement of the duties of each officer in a Letter to the Colonial Secretary and in Enclosure A - &. In that communication I exhausted all means in which Mr. Justice Snowden concurred. No action was taken but on the 26th of March 1877 in consequence of a letter I wrote on the 12th of February 1877. 72 was asked to submit for consideration a rearrangement of the duties, responsibilities and salaries of the Supreme Court. On this request I again submitted my views in a letter in 1877 my draft of which is without date. As these communications were strictly private I did not as usual cause copies of my letters to be made and kept by my Clerk. My drafts are not so complete as I could wish The tendency of any recommendation, were to reduce the status of the Registrar and his salary and to create a fund thereout and on the margin difference between Court fees and salaries to be fixed. The Coroner and Sheriff are officers of the Supreme
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be made economically I made frequent

communications to the government.

do

I expressed

d as

my views fully

as

I was desired to

6

every Officer

of the Supreme Court. I went at

length mito a statement of the duties

of

each officer in a

Leller an

may

to the

Colonial Cecretary and in semin

Enclosure A - &.

*

In that is

communication I exhausted all much meis in which DW. Justice Snowder

concurred.

To action was taken but on the

26th of March 1877 in con

Conaly

a letter I wrote on the 12th of February

1877.

72

was asked to submit for consideration a rearrangement of the

duties

duties, responsibilities and bularies of the liftereene Court.

Ou etur request I again

Submitted my views in a letter in 18777

my draft of which is without date.

As these communications we're

strictly private I did not as usual cause copaces of my letters to be made and Retzt by my Clerk. My drafts are not so complete. as I could wish

The lenitency of any recom

buy recommendation. ommendation, were to reduce the status of the Registrar

and his salary and to create a

نم

a firunch thereout and on the mercored

difference beholen Court fees and calaries to be fixed. The Coroner and Cheriff are officers of the

Eupreme

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