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Barrister) is acting as Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction in addition to performing his duties.
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During the last year the scheme for supplying the Public Service of this Colony with Interpreters and Cadets, has been successfully initiated by the arrival of three Gentlemen of whom I can only say that they have given themselves manfully to the study of the language, and with fair success; and that if men of similar education and standing be induced to join, the Civil Service of Hong Kong bids fair to be second to none.
13. The Surveyor General has had his hands full not only with new works, but also with works of old standing which in a Colony like this require constant attention. The Jail towards the close of the year was partly occupied by the European Prisoners, and in connection with this subject, I may record in this place, although belonging to the transactions of the present year, the establishment of a Convict Hulk at Stone Cutters' Island in which 200 Chinese, and other Asiatic prisoners are about to be confined and whose removal...