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every prospect of success.
"I have assumed, of course, that the Government is satisfied that there is no foundation for the imputations made.
(signed) Edward L. O'Malley,
"July 2.1883.
I next consulted the Members of the Executive Council, who agree, generally, with the views of the Attorney-General. They advised, moreover, that there is no foundation whatsoever for the imputations constantly cast by the Hongkong Telegraph on the Public Works department, owing, it would appear, to a personal feeling against the Surveyor-General on the part of the proprietor and Editor (Mr Fraser-Smith). It was further stated that the article in another local journal, the China Mail, referred to by the Telegraph, in nowise imputes malversation of office; that the Telegraph is a scurrilous and often indecent publication, which has little weight in this community; and is not even admitted in most respectable households, that Mr. Fraser-Smith has been