to be so informed. It would be convenient to know if this be the correct view which I have taken.
q. 194 A distinction will of course be perceived between the case first mentioned and this last, the former being a criminal case from a Consulate and one always hitherto treated in the way of
The Auditor General has also brought 15. to my notice a Bill of costs rendered by the No3 L Attorney General in a civil case in which Her Majesty's Consul at Shanghai was officially concerned. The amount is £60.54.
16. Mr. Rennie does not ask for opinion or instruction in his letter, and I have therefore neither 200 Delive I lov added 1 Jhan their ordinary duty by the Law officers of the Colony, the latter a civil case from a Consulate, which comes to the Attorney General as the Salaried Law Adviser to Her Majesty's Superintendency of Trade; but it must be noted that in this instance the Attorney General, availing himself of the Amalgamation Ordinance, acts and charges as both Counsel and Attorney and employs another Counsel besides.
18. I pronounce the one, nor furnished the other, but I cannot approve of these charges, and I forward them for Your Grace's perusal, as they have come thus officially before me.
I give no opinion as to whether this course was necessary or advisable, but I do not hesitate to say that the amount of the Bill