CO129-209 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [5] — Page 331

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und in respect to his successor
A
that it would have been of
to the public great advantage service if he had been permitted private practice and tims by in constant exercise have kept upr his general knowledge and more sspecially have acquired, familarity with the fourt its ordinary practice traditions and
decisions. In Colonies where private practice has been allowed I have
Ano ww many cases where it has
been in my opinion awadvantage
to Government and I have known
in which I think
· other
perhaps it has been a disadvantage.
Inv
In the latter cases I
think it has arisen from the fact
that the
officers in question have not
taken what I consider to be as
their relations with
correct view
of
the Government. They have
gove
on the assumption not that
upon
they
are
officers of the Government and as such responsible for interests of
looking after the
Government but that they
are
legal
merely to be consulted as le
advisers to the Gover
ment and
to conduct prosecutions in Criminal
cases and that their relations.
with Government are
ino different
than their relations with ortinary
individuals
Indiv