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on the Supreme Court of Hongkong. Your Lordship's despatch N2 of 1882 Tov
Avas
referred to the Chief Justice on
the 19th of April, 1882, but as
Inr
explained by him. the illness of t Snowden and the great pressure of work in the Supreme Court has prevented the completion of réport at an earlier period.
The Chief Justice
the
points out that in making comparison between the cost of _ the establishment of the Supreme Court of Honghong and of those of
other
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other Colonies, it should be remembered
that here a variety of duties. have ___ been imposed on the Registrar which
in other Colonies are
performed by-
-persons unconnected with the
Courts, and he
gives
statements of the
cost of the Supreme Court and of the fee received from 187/3 up The nett cost of the Supreme Court in
to date.
1880 and 1881 was it will be seen
(page 6) less than in the years 1873 to 1899 and the Chief Justice estimates
that even
if the larger salaries proposed by the Governor
Loy were
paid
to