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Majesty's Pleasure
into effect.
You will obtain from each of these gintlemen, and ximit to Mr. Sunith,
the Chief Clack of by Office,
the
dccom
Eleven Pounds, 576, the amount of Fees and Stamp duty payable on
struments of
nature.
Su?
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Attorney General's Office,
39
Victoria, 21th May 1847.
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I have the honor to acknowledge your
letter
of this date converging to me the information that His Excellency the Governor is desirous
" obtaining my professional opinion as regards the " fitness of Mr. Hillier for the office of Chief
or elsewhere so
of
"Magistrate and of Mr Holdforth for that of "Sheriff and Assistant Magistrate." In reply I beg to state as regards Mr Hillier that I know of no person either in
this Colony well qualified for the office of Chief Magistrate of Hongkong. He is well acquainted with the laws in force in this Colony. The is one of the best (if not the very best) of our Chinose scholars.
The Honorable, Major I baine Colonial Secretary,
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