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promote a more harmonious attitude between the Chief

Justice and the Executive, and I therefore let the matter

pass, until compelled to refer to it.

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With regard to the charge that the

Executive has ignored the Judges, or been guilty of any

lack of courtesy, I am frankly at a loss to know of what

His Honour complains. The two ir stances cited the Rule of

Court regarding Vacations suhmitted and later withdrawn

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by the Chief Justice and the case of the Registrar of the

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Supreme Court-have both been fully laid before Your Lord-

-ship and I am ignorant of any discourtesy in connection

with either of them - most assuredly none has been in-

-tended.

6.

On the other hand, I have for my

own part much cause for regret that, whereas prior to the

arrival of Sir P. Piggott my predecessors have enjoyed the

advantage of having the ready and willing counsel of the

Chief Justice in any matter of large Public importance

a privilege which the archives here show that the Governor

of the Colony has fully and with great adventage availed

himself of - I have been wholly unable to change the

deplorable position which I found when I came here, for I

believe that my predecessor and Sir F. Piggotľ'were not

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