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impossible to adopt that proposal, while the suggestion that
cases in which an appeal might be probable should be tried by
the Full Court in Original Jurisdiction in order to minimise
the number of appeals would not be practicable (a) because it
would bring the work of the Courts to a deadlock and (b)
because it would be subject to the same disability which
vitiates the present Court of Appeal in that the view of the
Chief Justice would always prevail. He concurs in my suggest-
-ion as preferable, but advises that matters should remain in
statu quo pending his arrival in England in May next when he
will seek an opportunity of conferring further with your
Legal Advisers on the subject.
3.
It appears however to me that my
suggestion might be adopted at once, since it is merely per-
-missive, involves no radical change, and the permission to
appeal direct without the cost of an intermediate appeal to the
local Court can at any time be withdrawn.
4.
With regard to the appointment of a
Third Judge, I would invite your attention to the fact that
the financial position in this Colony is at present very
embarrassed owing to the fact that we have to meet a charge of
upwards of five lakhs as interest on the Railway Loan while
the
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