359
Council
Wait for
The Chief Justice's arrival
at you
85 10/4
My dear Bramston
OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL,
3 Whitehall Gardens
May 8th 1894
I think the claim of the Chief Justice of Hongkong
Though
is not well founded,
there is
a plausible case for it.
The provisions in s.16(3)
of
the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890 respecting
payment of fees to the same
person
merely
Alike
to save officers holding
office at the passing of the Act.
S. 14 (3) provided that those officers