CO129-241 - Governor Des Voeus - 1889 [1-7] — Page 703

for service reasons to abolish it altogether.

With respect to Your Excellency's enggestion that they should be made Clerks to the Registrar I have enquiries and find that

made

find that they have

not been accustomed to assist in the

work in the Registry, except in the manner Dam about to mention and that with the same exception they could not be usefully employed in connection with that office

Hitherto the Cbrief ductice's Clerks has attended the Chief Justice in Chambers for

may be

the

e purpose of taking minutes of judgments

be made there and

or orders which

the Prione Judge's Clerkshar cettended the Puisne Judge

in the Summary Durisdiction Court for alike puspore. It is cloubtful whether in either. case this employment has been striotly legal it being provided

pointed out in Mr Russell's letter that by Sec: 67 sub.

the Code of fivil

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20:5

5of

Prosedure that " a minute of every

judgment

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"judgruent whether final or interlocutory " shall be made by the Registrar:"

As also pointed out by Mr. Russell Ordinance No 22 of 1882. Sea : 1 provide

the Court" the appointment of "2 clerk's of though I am told that no- appomtrents

have been made to nomine" and that the duties of a Clerk of the Court are no whore defined by law,

1

am also told that the prezen

- system though of doubtful legality has worked well and that the attendance of one' of the Deputy Registrars to do the work hitherto done by the Judge's

Clark would

- with the ordinary work

greatly interfere wit

of the Registry.

With.

- view of legalising the present

a

system, of acouring to the Judges Clerk- : position in the

in the service, and of permanent position.

retaining at the same time their

personal. relations to the tivo Jerdges respectively I to make the following suggestions . That the Chief Justice's Clerk be

gazetted

beg