mont Mr. Goodman himself may have come to with Mr. Pollock, a local Member of the Bar at present holding the position of Acting attorney General emergency caused by the recent departure of i'r Fielding Clarke from the colony, I beg to state that this can
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your..
way legally position
or otherwise, affect
on towards the Government,
which moreover will not necessitate
the infringing of the settled policy of the home Government and so recently -aquin before Parliament as in February Cast, relative to private practice by the Attorney General in the Colonies.
The Honourable,
I have &c
J. H. Norton Ryshe Register of the Supreme
The Colonial Secretary.
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Colonial Secretary to Registrar S. Court.
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Ko
uching
Liv.
Colonial Lecretory's Office,
Hong Kong 14 May, 1896.
I am directed by the Governor to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th actions applying for
th
-hnout of attorney General, and
appointinou
in reply to inform you
that stis Exceltney
is unable to make use of your
in that
capacity
vservices
as Mr Pollock how al.
-ready been appointed to the post.
I have to.
12 J. A. Stewart Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
JE
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J
The Registrar,
Supreme Court.