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medical certificate, leave of absence

nine months; and that,

: recommendation of

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the

and

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of the Judges, with the advice aforesaid, I had appointed Mr. E. J. Ackroyd, Barrister- at-law, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, to be the doting Puisse Judge during the absence

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of Mr. Russell.

It next became

necessary to make arrangements for The temporary performance of the duties of Mr. Ackroyd as Registrar. more than

My long experience of more

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quarter of a century as the Governor,

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successively of five different Colonies, has taught me that, as a

general rule, and except in extreme cases, it is

right and expedient to defer to the

opinion of the Judges in the appointment of the Officers of the Supreme Court.

In

fact, in

most instances in

England, and in several Colonies, the

patronage of such appointments is vested by law absolutely

Judges.

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view,

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requested the Judges (dir George Phillippo and Mr. Russell) to favour

successively

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