• Court is one
of which
H. Mis Gon't feel it
impossible to sanction
the continuance hereafter.
Mr Alexander, being
the present holder, may retain it, but the office cannot be filled up again after it shall
have been vacated by him. It will be proper that you should apprise the Chief Justice of this
decision.
Q. In all the
foregoing
328
foregoing directions
You
will perceive that
the principle on which
the Govt has acted
has been not to
interfere with the expectations of officers who have been induced
to go
to the distant Colony
of Hong Kong for the purpose of filling
Appointments, that to
make each of the
proposed reductions
prospective. I feel
assured