bir H. Robinson
to
The Duke of Newcastle.
No 80.
2 Inclosures.
Received
Subm.
itting
for Confirmation
the Ordinances,
No 8 of 1860,
of Administration in
for Probates and Letters
Hongkong
V
In Joby/60
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Ordinance No. 8 of 1860.
Law Officer's Report.
By the Ordinance W: 5 of 1858
certain sections of the act to
amend the Law,
relating
to
Probates and letters of Administration
in England, 20 & 21 Vict. Cap. 77, were extended to this Colony, but no
pains were taken to adapt the
provisions of those sections to the
Circumstances of the Colony, e.g.
the sections transferring probate
The Honorable
The Colonial Secretary.