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Registrar's Letter

18th July, 1908

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answer to question 515 of the Report, he thought it was a "very

ill-reward for having allowed the Registrar to have the sole

use of his clerk for more than one year"! Mr. Seth himself has

repeatedly given out that he could not get on with his work as

he was made to do clerk's work in the Chief Justice's Chambers

whatever he may now think fit to say to the contrary. This is a

matter of common notoriety, but of course as the Enquiry has

been directed personally against myself this matter was never

gone into beyond the Chief Justice being questioned on the

subject. I have already pointed out that since the scandal of

the 7th. of July brought on by my being insulted by the Chier

Justice and made to apologise for resenting his gross insults

and false accusations against myself, a matter which I am now

for my own justification and defence compelled to go into, and

advisedly so, especially as this matter was touched upon by the

Commission itself, things have gone rapidly from bad to worse,

advantage being taken of my compulsory apology, although as 1

have already pointed out, Mr. Seth has since been seen more

often at the Deputy Registrar's seat in the kegistry. I am sor-

ry that his honour the Chief Justice thinks it a "very ill-

reward" for the offer of the sole use of our joint clerk whom

he thought not fit to assist him as clerk, especially as i am

considered unfit to be Registrar and therefore must have stood

very greatly in need of the valuable talent of my learned

Deputy !!

I have etc.,

(sd.) J. W. Norton Kyshe.

Hegistrar.