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Bankruptcy Ordinance which he has prepared in obedience to my instructions. I have to request that you will lay this Ordinance before the Council and when formally passed I shall be prepared to submit it for approval.
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The 8th April 1864
W. T. Bridges
[?] M. Robinson
JULY
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Hastings
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Gentlemen
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27 July
I am directed by H.E. the Governor to instruct you to convey to Mr. Robert Bourke the Inner Temple his acknowledgment of the valuable assistance rendered by him in connection with the draft Bankruptcy Ordinance for the Colony.
And add that Mr. Bourke with the consent of the Governor has been paid 100 guineas by the Acting Attorney General from Colony funds as a remuneration for his labors in connection with this important subject.
SAR July
Sum of 100 Guineas paid to Mr. Robert Bourke Inner Temple as remuneration for drafting a Bankruptcy Ordinance for the Colony Hongkong.