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security for the due performance of his duties, as is the case with all other Receivers -

He is not Official Recenser and can give up the duties whenever he pleases, on passing his accounts, which he has to do before one of the fudges. Of course upon elevation to the Bench he would have to give up there, which

are not nu tulrotes

but it does not at all

follow theat his successor toould be appointed Receiver in his stead.

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The Chief Justice recommended that, so as the Registrar was required to performs Such various duties as are allotted to ling, he

It would in addition be appointed Official

increase to his salary; and Receiver, witho

pointed out that such increase would probably be very largely

largely covered by the feer whiccls would, in that event, be paid over to the Governoment, but that recommendation was not approved by the

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Secretary of State.

Witts respect to tur Francis' contention that the Registrar should never be appointed to any other office thaw that he at present holds, although We should be very sorry tiene the Ackroyd remord

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from his present office, we feel that we could offer no objection to it, if it were in his ours interacts and considered by competent autturity in the interes to the public service - All that we could ask would be that suitable provisions should be made for the performance of this duties -

Witte

to the Francis' contentions that

of

respect

the Registrar should never temporarily occupy the Bench; Of course there are. objections to any subordinate officer being elevated temporarily above his positions, and it would be very desirable that the Bench should never need to be temporarily occupied. But when the occasion arise, the best arrangements have to be made that caw be made under Existing Cerecemstances - But I Francis goes further, and gives it as his opinion that it would be inadvisable coer to elevate, or, as he would seems to put it, to de grade the Registrar by making luin a puime Judge -

The latter question does not arise now, Can see no reason why he should not be apprinted permanently, if he were considered the mort suitable man for the post. _ No. Francis -

do not, however, appear to be shared

objections

but be

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