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his apology and not report the matter suggested that I had "got

into trouble". Mr. Kyshe, as an argument against my reporting

said "It will do you no good". I knew perfectly well that

friction between two Officers is apt to make the Authorities

think they may both be quarrelsome, and i replied "I know it

will do me no good, but though it is unpleasant and will cause

me annoyance I consider it is my duty to report this matter".

No question of my apologizing entered into my head. I was then

the complainant.

11. As to paragraph 11, the disrespect to re was in the presence of Members of the Bar, Solicitors and the Deputy Registrar. The written apology speaks for itself; that offered

the next morning was in the presence of no one but Mr. Kyshe

and myself. As regards any apology in the afternoon of the 7th.

July, when Mr. Kyshe came into my room 1 begged him to with-

draw as there was some tension of feeling between us and 1

told him it would be better not to have any interview that

afternoon but to wait till feelings had calmed down.

12. As regards paragraph 12 1 should think Mr. Kyshe must have

forgotten himself when writing in that strain. The Chief

Justice's Clerk (Mr. Xavier) has been acting almost ever since

my appointment as "Deputy Registrar and Accountant" while Mr. Seth the other Deputy Registrar viz:- the "Deputy Registrar and

Appraiser" has been doing his own work. Mr. Xavier has kept the

Books in the Registrar's Office and I have not even seen him on

an average once in three weeks.

Mr. Kyshe has had therefore a Deputy Registrar as well as

an Acting Deputy Registrar, I presume approved by hirself, during Mr. Jones' absence, while the Chief Justice has had no

clerk. (See Blue Book J. 72 for 1902). I never asked or expect-

ed Mr. Kyshe to do any of my work. All I asked him to do was

to

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