82 significant  statute  a  year  is  not  really  good  enough  for  a  body  of  this character. 301.  Nineteen  of  the  Law  Commission’s  Repor ts  have  been  self-initiated  by  the Commission.  Of these, five Reports have been implemented, 10 Reports have not been implemented, three did not contemplate any legislative or other change and one is too recent to classify. 302.  The  remaining  27  Law  Commission  Reports  have  arisen  from  Ministerial  or other Government reference. Of these, 17 Reports have been implemented, six Reports have not been implemented, one did not contemplate any legislative or other change and three are too recent to classify. 303.  Only  broad  trends  may  be  gleaned  from  the  statistics.  Significantly,  self- initiated Reports have been much less likely to be implemented, by legislation or otherwise. Only five out of 19 self-initiated Reports have been implemented (26  percent),  compared  to  17  out  of  27  Reports  arising  from  Ministerial reference (63 percent).   304.  Self-initiated Reports have also been slightly more likely to be prepared for use as a resource only, without contemplating any legislative or other change. There are  three  such  self-initiated  Reports  and  just  one  arising  from  Ministerial reference. 305.  In the evaluator’s view, the power to self-initiate should not be taken away from  the  Law  Commission.    But  the  record  demonstrates  that  the  Law Commission should be slow to exercise that power and devote its resources to references of its own initiation, since the strike rate for adoption of such Reports  is  low,  compared  to  that  of  Reports  arising  from  Ministerial reference.  No statutory change is recommended concerning the power of self- initiation.  Its exercise remains with the Commission.  Neither is it suggested that any criteria can be usefully defined in exercise of the power.  But it ought to be used only as a last resort.    306.  The  current  President  of  the  Law  Commission,  the  Hon  Justice  Baragwanath, has  made  several  attempts  to  improve  the  rate  of  implementation  of  Law