respect, I cannot omit to direct you to call their particular attention to the provision with respect to evidence lenders by prisoners, contained in the Jowett edition of the Foreign Jurisdiction Act -
But as circumstances may render it expedient that British Subjects accused of having committed serious offences in China should be tried in the place where they have transgressed, a provision has been inserted in the Order to enable the Chief Justice of Hongkong to try British Subjects in China. I am aware that it might be very inconvenient to the Chief Justice repeatedly to proceed to the Chinese Ports for this purpose, and therefore I wish you to bear in mind that your justification for requiring him to do so in any instance must be found in the urgent necessity of the case.
The expenses which may be incurred by the Chief Justice on any such occasion must be repaid to him, and charged in the contingent account of the Superintendency, and in the same manner the expenses of sending Prisoners and Witnesses to Hongkong will be borne on the contingent account of the Consulate from which they are sent.