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(a). The remuneration of the Crown Solicitor to

be £1,300 payable in dollars at the Civil Service Rate of

Exchange (see Rule 39, Civil Service List). This remunera-

-tion to include all the Crown Solicitor's Staff both

technical and clerical and all expenses incidental to his

office.

(b). Such salary to cover all the duties hitherto

performed by the Crown Solicitor except as follows:-

(1). The Crown Solicitor to be relieved of the

preparation of Agreements relating to Crow

Lands.

(2). The Crown Solicitor to be paid in accordance

with the ordinary professional scale for

Civil Litigation (other than that in connect -ion with the collection of Revenue) under-

-taken by the Government but not for Police

Court Work, Arbitration, or Resumptions.

(3). The Crown Solicitor and his firm to be pro-

-vided with free offices in the Law Courts

not exceeding in size the offices at present

occupied by him:

and I submit these proposals for your consideration and

approval. I would add that on the score of efficiency I do

not think any arrangement would be more satisfactory than

the continuance of the engagement of the firm of Dennys and

Bowley. Mr. Bowley is an able and gealous Officer and his

partner,