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Court work, and it is necessary that there should be some

one to attend to current work while he is so engaged, some-

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-times for days together.

At the same time there is not at

all times a full day's work for an Assistant, and if means

can be found of giving the Crown Solicitor a certain

amount of assistance while he is in the Colony, and of

replacing him while on leave, the necessity of providing

an Assistant Crown Solicitor might be overcome.

3.

The solution I have to suggest is

that the Land Office and Official Receiver's Office be

amalgamated with the proposed Crown Solicitor's Department

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with the Crown Solicitor as Head, the Land Officer and

Assistant Land Officer to attend to the work now appertain-

-ing to the Land Office with the addition of the

preparation of Agreements relating to land which has

already been transferred to the Land Officer; and the

Deputy Official Receiver, who should in future be called

Official Receiver since he does in fact all the work, to

attend to Bankruptcy and Trade Marks. To these three

Officers could be assigned by the Crown Solicitor such

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duties especially in respect of current work, which may

demand attention during the absence from office of the

Crown