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it & appear
which the Chief Justice entertains
Strong objections S forwarded your despatch
and it's enclosures
for the consideration of Such Rolmson whose attention had been
Much occupied by
the subject before
he left the Colony on leave of Absence, & at his suggestion I thought it advisable
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to obtain the assistance
of a competent draftsman
in London with
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View to a settlement
Of a Bankruptcy Law for Hongkong.
I accordingly selected for this purpose Mr. Bourke, a gentleman
Highly qualified
for the task & who
Was employed some years ago to draft
The English Bankruptcy
Bill And I transmit to you
the Draft of a Bankruptcy Law