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the Colonial Secretary who considers that the Government

should be at liberty to appoint as a Solicitor to conduct its

business any person who may be thought fittest for the work,

irrespective of whether he has or has not qualified either as a

Barrister or Solicitor, but that the Ordinance in lieu of pro-

-viding for the enrolment in the Court of such Officer should

merely give him power to perform certain duties one of which

would be prosecuting at Assizes. The draft amended as described

at the end of the last paragraph is a compromise between these

two extremes and represents my own view of the matter.

9.

I consider it very desirable moreover

that the posts of both Crow Solicitor and Assistant Crown

Solicitor should be open to Cadets a view in which I under-

-stand you to concur and which will facilitate the amalgana-

-tion of the Land Office and Official Receiver's Office in the

Office of Crown Solicitor, as directed in your Despatch Con-

-fidential of October 11th.. 1910.

1.24954110.

10.

Finally I may point out that as a

result of the instructions contained in your Despatch No. 173 of

15th. June last, the office of Attorney-General will in the

absence of the substantive officer generally be held by a

practising Barrister (or possibly under existing circumstances

by