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Mr Gibbons to Acting Colonial Secretary.
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correspondence that subsequently took place with Mr. Gibbons who said he had been informed that an order had been sent from the Colonial Office for an enquiry into the conduct of the Chief Justice. As however Mr Gibbons could not give me the name of the person who had so informed Mrs Gibbons, nor furnish me with any particulars on the subject, I caused him to be told that I had no desire to interfere with his movements.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient Servant,
J ... (eson: 68.)
Hongkong. January 8d 1881.
Feb.
The Honourable F. Stewart L.L. 9.
Sir,
Acting Colonial Secretary
I have the honour to request that you will be good enough to inform His Excellency the Governor that I have received an intimation, through the medium of a friend, that an order has been sent from the Colonial Office for an enquiry into the conduct of the Chief Justice.
On the assumption that such an order has been received in the Colony, I beg to enquire whether His Excellency ...