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you

will draw his attention to

those sections in which it is

provided that in the case

of Civil Suits, an

appeal shall lie to

the Supreme Court at Hongkong, and that in

Criminal Cases Offenders

sentenced under the Order in

Council shall be sent to that

Colony for imprisonment, and I am to suggest, for Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's consideration, whether

it will not be expedient that some Colonial Ordinances should

be passed at Hongkong for the purpose of meeting

the

requirements of the Order in

Council.

I am

to add that

with regard to the expenses

which

may

be thus thrown

upon the Colony of Hongkong, Lord Malmesbury

will be

prepared to adopt an arrangement

similar

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