No. 39

I have the honor to acknowledge Your Lordship's Despatch No 6
of the 22nd January last, respecting Mr Crease's application
on the subject of his emoluments as Attorney General, in which I
am directed to report whether my experience would lead me to
recommend an adoption of a fixed Salary and the abolition of
fees. I have since received your Despatch No 23 of the 8th
March by which I am acquainted with the appointment of Mr
Phillipo as Attorney General in succession to Mr Crease who has
been promoted to the Office of Puisne Justice, and that Mr
Phillipo had been informed that his emoluments whether
arising from Salary only or partly from Fees would not be
less that £800, Eight hundred pounds, sterling.

2. I now have the honor to report that in my opinion it is
preferable to remunerate the Attorney General by a fixed Salary.
In Mr Crease's case I should have thought £700, Seven hundred
pounds, sterling, sufficient to include a fair commutation for
the average amount of fees received by him; but this point has
already been settled by Sir Frederic Rogers' Letter to Mr
Phillipo. There may, however, be some little difficulty in
having the Salary, fixed by the Crown Salaries Act, increased by
the Legislative Council especially if the Colony should be in a
state of transition to Union with Canada; but in this case the
£300, Three hundred pounds, sterling, additional which has been
promised to Mr Phillipo must, if possible, be made up to him
from the vote which now supplies the Fees paid to Mr Crease.