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Firstly, I submit that as the regulations with reference to these

appointments being Cadet appointments came into force long after I entered the Registry; which I did in Septem- ber 1897, Such regulations could not affect me as I con- sider such regulations could only point to the future and

not to the past. I had in fact already acquired a vested

interest.

Secondly, I submit that when Mr. Kemp was appointed Deputy Regis-

trar and Appraiser in 1904 he had then his preferential

claim satisfied, insomuch as he was appointed in prefer-

ence to Mr. Melbourne, barrister-at-law and a recent

addition to the service. In fact Mr. Kemp was already the

senior to Mr. Melbourne, having entered the service in

November 1898 while Mr. Melbourne only entered the service

in May 1900.

Thirdly, I submit that when Mr. Kemp was appointed Deputy Regis-

trar and Appraiser he entered the ranks of professional

men,

and that he fully realized this position by going

Home almost immediately to read for the Bar, to which he

is not yet called: that at present he is only a law stuğ-

dent, and that it would be unreasonable and unjust to ap-

point an unqualified man over a more experienced and

qualified one in a legal appointment.

Fourthly, I submit that when I entered the service 22 years ago

there were very few Cadets in this Colony and up to the

present moment the appointment of Registrar has always been held by an old servant of the Government, that there- fore the augmentation of the Cadet service was not to up- set the existing system but gradually to fill up the gape

and caused by retirement or death of the older servants,

that the older servants still remaining have the prefer-

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filled by a barrister-at-law of experi

ence that their qualifications most faithful service enti

entitles them to. Fifthly, I submit that the appointment of Registrar should be

the invariable rience,

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