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fees paid in the Supreme Court referred to in the preseding paragraph

occasionally considerable

there are

sums

ims paid in to the Official. Assignee and Administrator on behalf of suitors. There had been

absolutely

no control over these.

sums which were

left in the Registrar's hands. I would

respectfully call Your Lordship's

attention to the annexed rules

Enclosure 3

which were drafted by me with lage: the view of preventing the

recurrence

of defalcations similar

to that committed by Wuffam

and which were

adopted by the Chief Justice and promulgated by

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by him. I would also ask Your Lordship to refer to the special

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Auditor for the guidance of the

Clerk who was

charged with the audit of the Supreme Court accounts. I have been blamed for not having submitted these instructions for the previous approval of the Governor and of the Chief Justice. I believe in all Colonies these directions. left to the Head of the Department

and I venture to say

that it is

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not usual to submit such rules

of the

for the revision of the Head Department whose accounts are to be audited.

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