of persons absent from
the
Colony,
but
when I wrote to the Registrar General
: on tehalf of the father of a girl who had - given up by the Registrar General
been
to a wornA N-
suspected to be a procuress
he refused to answer my letter and on my communicating with the Colonial Ticutary I was informed that the Governor had ordered the Registrar General to take.
letter, and this is the
no notice
of my
more extraordinary as by ordinance NY of 1087, the right of Solicitors to be present Fenquiries before the Registrar General
that are
" is expressly reserved, and indud having regard to the
Complaints
being Constantly made about the Registrar
•Seneral's Office and it's proceeding and about girls being improperly given up 7 the Office to persons of suspicious___ haracter, it is moet dieirable that
should be given to all 1. publicity
proceedings
proceedings in the Office so that these_ charges m
be clearly disproved. 247
may
Again a great number of Solicitors letters
are
and
daily received by the Registrar other officials of the Supreme Court, the Harbour Master and the Police Magistrates |
and if these Officials are not to Corsider Solicitors letters it must evidently
च
lead to a
great stoppage of Public business, and it seems to me to be absurd that Solicitire
must in all instances send for their
Clients to sign their letters. In fact it to difficult to see what use a Solicitor Cove
be under the circumstances.
The Notification has as you may. imagine
caused a
good deal of annoyance both to Solicitors and their clients and it is particularly objectives
where there are a
great many ignition Chinese who are afraid to de any.
or have intercourse with the Geversin
Jrist