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unable to recognise in the Chief Justice of Hongkong a medium of communication between His Excellency the Governor and myself; on any subject unconnected with Supreme Court work.
I further beg to say
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that if His Excellency think proper to ask any explanation at my hands through the Acting Colonial Secretary, I shall feel bound to afford every explanation in my power and to the fullest extent.
I have &c.
(Signed) Hy. F. Gibbons Registrar of Companies
Supreme Court. Hongkong 7th September 1880
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No 1185 dated September 4th 1888, in which His Excellency the Governor invites me to explain my meaning as to the case I had to have referred to the Colonial Office..
I have to thank His Excellency for affording me the opportunity which I will now endeavour to make available.
When I accepted my appointment my first enquiry was as to the mode.
The Hon'ble Federick Stewart. L.L.D.
Acting Colonial Secretary
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