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TO THE HON:
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COPT.
No 80.
Enclosure.
[Peco
3508
Rent 29 JAN OI
The Magistracy.
627
· Hongkong 10th October, 1900.
Sir,
I have the honour to bring to the :
attention of His Excellency: the Governor the following
facts regarding the work at the Magistracy,
I find that it is an absolute
impossibility for one Magistrate to get through the work.
The accompanying table shows the
number of cases which came before the Court: last week.
All these must be disposed of before the adjournment for
tiffin, as there is always fixed for the afternoon defen-
ded cases, or a case which I am required by law to commit
for trial. There is always a large number of these, and I
have now fixtures for every afternoon for the next ten
days.
↑ I arrive at the Magistracy at
30 a.m. every morning. From 8:30 8.8. to 9 a.m.. I dis-
pose of Departmental work, Reports to the Coroner etc,at
9 a.m. sharp I take the Police cases and summonses up to
the tiffin hour. In the afternoon I take the defended
cases referred to above.
Hitherto I have been able by
working late to grapple with the work, but the work has
increased so much lately that I find that I have had to
adjourn the daily cases to the following day.
The
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, G.M.G.,
COLONIAL SECRETARY.,