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bem indicated that hi shar‍to

tim tæmay has in this Colony beer, regarded as an mitity separate

faras She Judicial Departe... Stich ma the mas presưmbly because în

fact, the Magistrat, in the past was, ・ believ, malusively stuffed by

aduân... atrative officers until just before 1441. The decisi. 003 120w

however, that the five amgisterial posts which

require

filled

for Hong Kong and Kowloon should be staffed by mebars of the Colmimi

Lazal Servios. Further, this tenianoy has been omphasised by recent

decision in paunakyle that ằng terial work in the New Territ)

should be di semigo, hy a legal ffiow. It s emas clear, therefore,

that ängis to tes should come within the purview of the judicial değer kan

and that all offiews now holding such appointɔmt substantively and

subse

apointed shall regard the Chief Jus ti, oe, through the

Registrar of

me Court, as tœrir head of de ærtout, I so

recumd In this contestion I refer to my mámite af che 6th Deog«ber

1947 ( 10.(52) on Cisne 10 3 1 0 4/5/47) in which I stated that Dia

Bungur the Chief Justice had agreed tant if the Magistao were dea

samtally subaruuate to the Judicial Departame he reoxePAJEŽI

creation of a now post of

the Sala

Comission for

Magistrate at a salary of ~1500 plus z250 expatriation pay, should

be dropped. I mo

it will be observed that under th

should be six

liates, 1.0.

I have grɔposed

mcdi ki, Osan).

requirements for the staffing of the Magistracies in Victoria and

Kowloon, 1 qua.der that susta dition is necessary to allow for vacway

created by absene: on leave or for other cause. Sush officer should

also be available for relief primarily in the Hagiatærar Geomral's

Dayar tumut, but also for the Legal Dejartzers, if required.

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as to 'Y' - ukusią solicitor, I would like to preface the

ression of my view by mying that during my tenure of aTios there

has been such excellent co-o@ratiou between Ar, Andrewse!

and my own, that for my purposes we have been working as one

üler zoal staff has been shared MINĀ

ver, alɛse liason maintained. It

nevertheless sedus to me clear that, on principle, it is preferable