Sir,
No 117 Lancaster Road, Notting Hill,
0.5 May 1872.
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th of April, just received as I was preparing to proceed to Germany. Though an immediate reply was not necessary, I deferred considering the two questions you have, by direction of Lord Kimberley, submitted to me. Sorry to say that indisposition has still further delayed my answer. I returned but yesterday to England.
1st. In reference to the first point raised by Mr. Panncefote, Attorney General of Hong Kong, as to the administration of the Estates of Aliens dying in this Colony - The learned Attorney General states that at present the Registrar of the Supreme Court is the administrator of all intestates which occur in the Colony.
He says it will be found with us that this is regulated by Ordinance No. 5 of 1860, section 39...
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