applying the system of remission
of terms of imprisonment by marks
prisoners sentenced under that
Ordinance.
It is to be considered that
the Conciliar Court would be
influenced, as regards severity of
sentence, by the Rule in this respect
which they understood & apply
to Conciliar prisoners in Colonial gaol
and for this reason, as well as
from the wording of the Order in
Council
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Council, Lord Salisbury should not
be disposed to adopt the course
suggested
in your letter, without
previous Communication with the
Chief Justice of Shanghai.
Jam,
Sir,
Your most obedient
humble Servants
Gister