CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 255

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they may have oceation and deem advireable to forward to the kovernment to their Policitors instead of leaving the matter in their advisere hands to carry out their authority.

Your Petitioners who are livil Engineers architects or Runeyore while fully endorsing the stalemands above Rubent to your Excellency that from the nature of their burners they have to be in very frequent communication. with the Runveyor Generals and other Government so to a Department; and if the laid Notification it in the future adhered to the result will be and in fact since it came into -force the result has been delay and in some cazes actrial stoppage of works carried on mider our direction + superincion,

Those of your Petitioners who are Rolicitors beg to

Rubsuit that (with the exception of the low or in Rolicitor and his partners) they form the entire body of Dolicitive no practising in this folony that they are morthy, Rolicitore who have been admitted in England and that they have all been a domitted in this leolony mider the provisions of Ordinance Nr 3 of 1871.

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Petitioners have practised as dolicitor. in this lolom, for upwards of kisteen spears und previone to that in well know in forme in London and they subunit to your Excellency that it has always been the custom here and still is the Custom in England for all English Ministers and other Government officials to receive and give full- Credence to all communications muide by Kolicitors for and

behalf of their clients.

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If the Government trotification aforesaid is adhered

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to, one of its inevitable consequences must be great delay and inconvenience in Carmping out all business matters in which Communications with the Government or Government officials are necessary and in fort in carer where a Solicitor represents a long- borty of persons it will be a matter of great ilifficulty and in some eated an impossibility to obtain the personal signature of each person to every

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Communication to be addressed to the Government &

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publie offer and the failure of obtaining such Signaturet Hill in many legal carer be an actual- impediment to business and result in Periant damage to the parker either from the fact that it is impossible. to obtain their signature or else that by reason of their absence from the leolom their signatured cannot be lobtained vor proper time,

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Your Petitioners further Rubrunt to Excellency that in no other British bolony or possession (20 far as they knors) where Exlicitors practice have the latter been refused the right of addressing Government Officers on behalf of their clients. they further submit that the very life and offer of a Rolicitor's profession is the representation of others and that every other part of the British Empire the muctions of Solicitors are received by the highest dudicial bourts at representing their clients and if those instructions are exceeded the public have their remedy against the Solicitors

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray

your. Excellency to Cancel the Raid Notification of 555 and to allow Solicitors practising in the leolony and alsodyout for absent principals to communicate with the loolonial decretary and other public.

They officials in the Rume marmer at did before the issue of the said Notification and at they have done since the bolony

firet founded. And your

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detitioners will ever pray to

Duited the 6th day of February.

Milliam Hoan

Victor H. Deacal

Howelsed

1888.

P. Kypis Roberving