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me that had Mr Ackroyd been in the Colony when it became necessary to nominate an Acting Puisne Judge it is very probable that other arrangements than those which were made, would have been carried out, but that Mr Wise having been appointed and having performed his duties to the entire satisfaction of the community he did not consider that he would be justified in removing him from provisional appointment in order to fill it by another.
As regards the nomination of Mr. Mitchell-Innes to a seat in the Legislative Council, referred to in the 14th paragraph of the memorial, I would mention that I made this provisional appointment because I knew that Sir William Des Vœux had already
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me that had Mr Ackroyd been in the Colony when
it became necessary nominate an
Judge it is
to
Aating Puisne very probable that other arrangements.
than those which were made, would have been carried out, but that Mr Wise having been appointed and having performed
his duties to the entire satisfaction of the community he did not consider that he
would
in
would be justified
him from
removing
provisional appointment in order to fill it by another.
As regards the -
4.
nomination of Mr. Mitchell- Innes to a seat in the Legislative Council, referred to in the 14th paragraph of the memorial, I would
mention that I made this provisional appointment. because I knew that Dir William Des Nawx had
already
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