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Leach, Acting Puione Judge, for the permanent appointment, in the event of the office becoming vacant by the retirement of the Chief Justice, Sir George Phillippo.

There are three

Officers who possess fitness for the post, namely, Mr. Leach, Mr A. G. Wise, and Mr. E.J. Ackroyd.

Mr Leach's letter

now in the Service

3.

contains a full account of that gentleman's training-

and

and experience.

4.

M. A.G. Wise, who

came to the Colony in 1882 as Clerk to Sir George Phillippo,

was

aru

appointed a Police Magistrate

informed. in 1884, and has since then acted, with great ability,

A

on

two occasions, as Registrar

of

5.

the Supreme Court.

Mr. Ackroyd,

now

on leave, is the permanent occupant of the post of. Registrar of the Supreme Court, the duties of which he

has