absence of the judge, in which case, according to Colonial usage the former might prefer a claim to a moiety of the judge's Salary.
(Signed) Faul Sterling: April, 1848.
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Colonial Secretary
No. 14.
Legislative
My Lord,
on an
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22nd April, 1848.
I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of Your Lordship's Despatch N° 3 of the 19th January last, conveying Your Lordship's observations and instructions
on an Ordinance that had been submitted by my Predecessor for His Majesty's confirmation, the Ordinance being entitled, "An Ordinance for extending the summary jurisdiction of Police Magistrates and Justices of the Peace within the Colony of Hongkong."
I have not failed, My Lord, to pay that attention which the importance of the question demands, to the subject matter of Your Lordship's Despatch; but my time
The Right Honorable, The Earl Grey