100 Timehri 
Whilst I have touched upon what is merely the fringe of so wide a subject, 
yet I hope that what I have written may throw some rays of light upon the 
scene. Ido not set up to be an out and out protagonist on behalf of the existing 
system of law in this colony, but I do say we should look before we leap. If we 
are going to change the law, look carefully at what we are going to put in its 
place, and also try to see what éfiect it will have on existing conditions and 
circumstances. [Ill-considered changes will have far-reaching effects. The 
proposal to replace Roman-Dutch law with English law in this colony is no new 
one, for I have read it suggested in loca! newspapers dating from the first half 
of the last century. Violent diseases often require vioient remedies but any 
such disease in the body politic which requires a revolution in its system of 
law must be violent indeed. The Commission to be appointed by the Govern- 
ment to enquire into the adequacy of the Common Law for our requirements 
will doubtless act the part of the physician, will diagnose the disease if it exists, 
and it 1s to be hoped will recommend a gentle remedy. 
