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Procedure of the Supreme Court is substantially the same as that which I had the honour to submit to the Earl of Kimberley in April last, together with a Memorandum on the whole subject now under consideration. Since my departure from Hongkong, it has been corrected by Mr. Hayllar, the present acting Attorney General (who assisted me in its original compilation), and it has been enlarged by the introduction of the clauses relating to "Summary Jurisdiction", which, as I have before stated, I think it would be better to insert in a separate Ordinance on that subject.
Since my return to England, I have given much attention to the Indian Code of Procedure, and I am of opinion that many valuable provisions contained in it should be added to the Hongkong Code, while others relating to matters already provided for in...