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Cases Metal Lined quarter.
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(Signed) William Builder
Harbour Master -
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M67. Legislative
September 184663
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Sir
AVED
AUG.21 1946
1646 Hongkong
Victoria, Houghtong,
5th
7 June, 184.6.
I have the honor to forward herewith -
No 1846
/
an attected Copy of Ordinance. No23 of entitled: "An Ordinance for the relief of insolvent debtors within the Colony of Honghong :
Notwithstanding that the Laws of
Singland (so far as applicable to the circumstances
are to prevail here, it was still-
of this Colony) are to
deemed necessary to knact the abovenamed_ Ordinance, inasmuch as the insolvent. law
of England is held, extend to the folonies .-
as a
& general rule, not-
And further, as it
was
necessary
the Supreme fourt should be invested with
to
that
an
express power to appoint a provisional assignee,
The Right. Honorable,
W. R. Gladstone, M.S.,
and
tc.
to.
fe.