Copy
or the purport of this letter should be forwarded to the Colonial Office, with an intimation that it would in the opinion of their Lordships be desirable to direct the Governor of Hong Kong
to prepare, in conjunction with the Law Officers, and to forward to this country for conformation by Her Majesty in Council, the Draft of Additional Rules and Regulations
and a Table of Fees, with a view of
enabling the Vice Admiralty Court to
dispose in a
summary and inexpensive
manner of these small Piratical Cases.
"The present
too would be a convenient time
for undertaking
a work of this description,
when the subject of the revision of the Rules generally of Vice Admiralty Courts is under
consideration, and to which I ventured
to call their Lordships attention in
my letter
of the 18th instant. And it would rest with
their Lordships hereafter to say whether
if the proposed Additional Rules and Fees were
approved of, they
should
not be extended to other Vice Admiralty Courts as well as that of Hong Kong.
I beg to return the original Documents that were forwarded to me-
I am …
(Signed) A.C. Perthing
Restrictive
ML