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recent Treaty of Pekin, to be cccted to
Her Majesty
of the Colony ofstong Kong
to be held as a
that this new
dependency
and that
- The acting Attorney General of, that Colony was however of Opinion
new acquisition would not actually become part of the Colony till Her Majesty's pleasure is signified; and that after that took place it would be necessary for the
Legistative
of Stong Kong to declare what Saws
of Euglanst
and or Ordinances of Hong Kong
should be in
in the ceded
to
force Teritory, and that he advised furrthur, that it would be desirable to limit
at s
the
much as possible the effect of vague qualification, subject to which the Scue of England.
--
was
usually introduced, "Except when " the same shall be in applicable to "Local circumstances". And he suggestedt
that
K
that the Law Officers of the Crown
in England shouted be requested, to supply the
be form of Local Enactment, which would be necessary. and
That Your Grace would be
very glad if we found ourselves able to give effect to Mr Bridge's
cluding suggestion, but this however he could hardly expect;
since it appeared to him that the
question
estion how far the Laws of England
could property
and Hong King
be applied to Rowlbong must be decided by considerations of Local
conveniences, and not on any principle of English Saw.
Sir Frederick Rogers
evow
pleased further to say that it did
not seem to Your Grace that anything more coulet be done than to issue Order in Council declaring that
Kouting
our
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