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Ealing M May 9th 1881
fr And Jibbous
THE PERSONAL STATEMENT
OF THE
REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT
OF
HONG KONG.
IN November, 1879, I was recommended by the Attorney-General, Sir John Holker, for the vacant post of Chief Justice on the West Coast of Africa. That office was bestowed upon another gentleman, and I was offered the post of Registrar of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, which I then declined.
In February, 1880, understanding from the Report of a Commission which had been furnished to me (extracts from which will be found in the Appendix No. 1), that there was work to be done at Hong Kong, and the offer being renewed, I accepted a seven years' engagement to do the Registrar's duty, but under which I was not to be entitled to pension or gratuity. On March 3rd, 1880, I left England for China, I had previously been required to enter into a bond for £2,000, with two sureties.
On April 16, 1880, I arrived in Hong Kong, and immediately called on the Chief Justice, Sir John Smale (then in his 76th year), who received me in such a manner as led me to think that my appointment was extremely distasteful to him. He told me that I had no right to under-