CO129-355 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [1-3] — Page 303

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སྐྱེས བར 1:| མ

10 20yoぷ

TXY: CH

.IIV

4 bus

20 82.

nam demon on 11.

auri wanok ruot jant sjon I

Tlf vd pher Jart to 64

RC 0 19”.

H GOYA AIGATHONG.

$

DO Y SE

esteau)

****

301

Service Order, and I cannot believe that he has made any statement to me which he did not believe to be true. I shall await the instructions of the Secretary of State in this matter.

3.

The fact that I have been unable to agree with Your Honour in most of the subjects which have been raised by you is a matter of regret to me, but I am glad to learn that "the position which I have of late assumed" is regarded by Your Honour as "entirely satisfactory". That position is however hardly correctly described in paragraph 7 of your last letter. I adhere to my opinion that the views of the Chief Justice should be asked when appointments or changes are made in the Registry of the Supreme Court but that is not the same thing as recognising the Chief Justice as Head of the Department, having control of the Registry.

Speaking generally the points raised in the remaining paragraphs of your letter are covered by the Secretary of State's decision, and since the correspondence is being forwarded to him, at your request, for further consideration it will serve no useful purpose for me to discuss them. I may add with all courtesy that however unfamiliar I may be (as Your Honour says) with the working

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3 སྐྱེས བར 1:| 10 20yoぷ TXY: CH .IIV 4 bus 20 82. nam demon on 11. auri wanok ruot jant sjon I Tlf vd pher Jart to 64 RC 0 19”. H GOYA AIGATHONG. $ DO Y SE esteau) **** 301 Service Order, and I cannot believe that he has made any statement to me which he did not believe to be true. I shall await the instructions of the Secretary of State in this matter. 3. The fact that I have been unable to agree with Your Honour in most of the subjects which have been raised by you is a matter of regret to me, but I am glad to learn that "the position which I have of late assumed" is regarded by Your Honour as "entirely satisfactory". That position is however hardly correctly described in paragraph 7 of your last letter. I adhere to my opinion that the views of the Chief Justice should be asked when appointments or changes are made in the Registry of the Supreme Court but that is not the same thing as recognising the Chief Justice as Head of the Department, having control of the Registry. Speaking generally the points raised in the remaining paragraphs of your letter are covered by the Secretary of State's decision, and since the correspondence is being forwarded to him, at your request, for further consideration it will serve no useful purpose for me to discuss them. I may add with all courtesy that however unfamiliar I may be (as Your Honour says) with the working
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3 སྐྱེས བར 1:| 10 20yoぷ TXY: CH .IIV 4 bus 20 82. ** nam demon on 11. auri wanok ruot jant sjon I Tlf vd pher Jart to 64 RC 0 19”. H GOYA AIGATHONG. $ DO Y SE esteau) **** 301 Service Order, and I cannot believe that he has made any statement to me which he did not believe to be true. I shall await the instructions of the Secretary of State in this matter. 3. The fact that I have been unable to agree with Your Honour in most of the subjects which have been raised by you is a matter of regret to me, but I am glad to learn that "the position which I have of late assumed" is regarded by Your Honour an "antiraly satisfactory". That position is however hardly correctly described in para- -graph 7 of your last letter. I adhere to my opinion that the views of the Chief Justice should be asked when ap- -pointments or changes are made in the Registry of the Supreme Court but that is not the same thing as recognising the Chief Justice as Hoad of the Department, having control of the Registry. Speaking generally the points raised in the remaining paragraɔha of your letter are covered by the Secretary of State's decision, and since the correspondence is being forwarded to him, at your request, for further consideration it will serve no useful purpose for me to discuss them. I may add with all courtesy that however unfamiliar I may be (as Your Honour says) with the working of
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སྐྱེས བར 1:| མ

10 20yoぷ

TXY: CH

.IIV

4 bus

20 82.

** nam demon on 11.

auri wanok ruot jant sjon I

Tlf vd pher Jart to 64

RC 0 19”.

H GOYA AIGATHONG.

$

DO Y SE

esteau)

****

301

Service Order, and I cannot believe that he has made any

statement to me which he did not believe to be true. I

shall await the instructions of the Secretary of State in

this matter.

3.

The fact that I have been unable to agree

with Your Honour in most of the subjects which have been

raised by you is a matter of regret to me, but I am glad

to learn that "the position which I have of late assumed"

is regarded by Your Honour an "antiraly satisfactory". That

position is however hardly correctly described in para-

-graph 7 of your last letter. I adhere to my opinion that

the views of the Chief Justice should be asked when ap-

-pointments or changes are made in the Registry of the

Supreme Court but that is not the same thing as recognising

the Chief Justice as Hoad of the Department, having control

of the Registry.

Speaking generally the points raised in the

remaining paragraɔha of your letter are covered by the

Secretary of State's decision, and since the correspondence

is being forwarded to him, at your request, for further

consideration it will serve no useful purpose for me to

discuss them. I may add with all courtesy that however

unfamiliar I may be (as Your Honour says) with the working

of

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