CO129-357 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [7-9] — Page 193

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Memorandum on the letter from the Foreign Office,

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that Sir H. de Sausmarez should take precedence of

the Chief Justice was not imposed by the Foreign

Office, but emanated originally from the Colonial

Office.

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The Foreign Office letter of 19th.August,

1908, to the Colonial Office contains the

following paragraph:-

"Sir Edward's consent (to the proposal)

*must however be contingent on the fulfil-

*-ment of the following conditions:-

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(b) that Sir H. de Sausmarez must

"rank as Chief Justice for the purpose, and

"if senior in appointment to the Chief

*Justice of the Colony for the time being,

"must take precedence over him and preside

in the Court."

I was aware that Sir Havilland did not make the

suggestion. He wrote to me privately on the subject,

and in reply I told him that I knew the suggestion

had emanated from the Foreign Office.

I pass over the invidious and unusual comparisons

contained in paragraph 4, with the remark that the

personal