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Tour Honor will perceive that it is indispensably necessary that the Colonial Treasury (which is responsible to the public) should exercise a control over officers who are bound by law to account to it. I have, &c, His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Henry Sewsll. Chief Justice. Enclosure in No. 7. Circular. Attorney General's Office, Wellington, 1-lth February, 1865. Sib — I have to request that you will pay over to the Sub-Treasurer the balances in your hands on account of Intestate Estates and inform me accordingly, and that you will continue to make such payments monthly as required by the rules of the Supreme Court. Payments on account of the Estate will be made by the Treasury under the direction of the Court in manner pointed out by the rules. I have, &c, Heoy Sewell. No. 8. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE. Attorney-General's Office, Wellington, 15th June, 13G5. Sin,— With reference to the following passage in your Honor's letter of the 19th May last, viz.:— "I am not aware that the Supreme Court or any one therein ever had a clerk. The Judge has no clerk, the Registrar (I believe) never has had a clerk, except such as he has found and even paid out of his private purse —thus letting the Colony get its work done for nothing." I have to express my regret that your Honor should have thought it right to make a statement of this nature. Your Honor must have forgotten the correspondence which passed between the Government and yourself in ISG2-G3 on the subject of the appointment of a clerk to yourself. As it appears to have escaped your Honor's recollection, 1 transmit herewith copies of the correspondence. Specific provision has since been made upon the estimates for a clerk to the Chief Justice, who has been appointed by yoxirself, and paid by the General Government. Mr. Kenny has, I understand, lately resigned the office, but of this I have no official intimation. It rests with your Honor to appoint his successor. I further transmit an extract from the estimates for the last financial period for the establishment of the Supreme Court at Auckland, shewing that provision is made therein for a clerk to the Registrar at £225 per annum. I must add that, in the month of March last, authority was given by me for employing an additional clerk, at 10s. per diem. ' I have had no intimation from the Registrar of the Supreme Court that this provision for clerical assistance was insufficient. I have, &c, His Honor Sir G. A. Amey, Henry Sewell. Chief Justice. Enclosure 1. in No. 8. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE. New Plymouth, 23th April, 18G3. Sir — I regret to perceive that a voluminous report, with evidence, lately forwarded by your Honor to the Governor on the case of a criminal under sentence of death, was written in your Honor's own hand. This sort of labor evidently should not be imposed upon a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Instructions have accordingly been issued for the payment of any person whom your Honor may appoint as permanent clerk to your Honor. I have, &c, His Honor the Chief Justice. Alfred Domett.

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