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C. U. 9647467
RECO REGO 3 JUN 36/
Malistracy Hong Kong. 19 Febry 1886.
In reply to your letter of the 17th instant, I beg to state that it being unusual to interrogate Magistrates as to the grounds for their decisions, I must decline to enter into any discussion on the case referred to.
I am,
(S) N.G. Mitchell-Innes
Captains & Maclear.
HMS Flying Fish
Acty Police Magistrate