Gentlemen.
that
Magistracy, Hongkong November 28th, 1878.
235
I have the honour to acknowledge
in consequence of
to
indisposition.
the receipt of your letter of 16th instout, and regret
of the Attorney General I was unable to reply to it before .
Beford replying to
letter of the дево 9th instant I have carefully read the Ordinance to which you refer (obviously 4 of 1863 nat 44. of
1864 as
your.
quotect) and I understood
to empower
Justices
of
a Police Magistrates
dection X and other
the Peace to weet and revise the
Goal regulations should they
rous should they consider it
expedient to do so. The responsibility of halding
such meeting with mut sufficient uccessity
appeared to
me to rest wid de Police without whose concurrence
Magistrate without whose
proceeding could have
Off
wd
from
that.
to.
ALG
ito
legal effect.
therefore wide surprise that I learned the chind paragraph of your
Considered
you efficiency of
the
sufficient reason
a meeting for
out
my opinion
goal regulations
Q
last letter
the
wat
was
for my declining to hold thir revision. I have however
af déference to
your opinion forwarded
The Mouble W. Kerwicth The Mouble. H. Lowerck
H. H. Nelson, Confe F.D. Sassoon. Conj
R. H. Sandeman Cryo
the
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