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this Ordinance, there
giving the
nothing to prevent giving
Certificate required by Article 25 of the Intructions.
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"(signed) E. £.O'Malley). " April 27, 1884.
It will be seen
that,
in the opinion of the Attorney-
General, the
necessary formalities
-hed been substantially observed,
and that there was nothing to
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"prevent giving the Certificate
required by ctiticle 25
of the m
"Instructions ." On this latter point,
not
I will only observe that I was not advised to call for or issue
any-
such certificate, and that this formality appeare to have become practically obsolete in this and in other Colonies, with, at least, the
tacit approval of the Colonial Office I have caused a strict search for
precedents to be made
among
the
official records, and I am assured that no such certificate has been sent
it from Hongkong with private Bills in former years; and that,
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