handed to the Lord Chief Justice has failed to produce the correspondence in question.
2. Messrs. Field Rose and Gwynn state that they did not have the correspondence, and that it was not handed to them by the Lord Chief Justice. Messrs. Lewis, and Lewis, the solicitors for the defendant Company, state that they have never had the correspondence in their hands.
3. Under these circumstances I would ask that Mr Chamberlain be requested to make a search among the papers of the Lord Chief Justice's Court, to see if the correspondence in question may still be found.
31 July 1901
Last previous Paper: M 25392
HONG KONG
No. 26648 (Subject.) Retirement. Requests postponement of -
DOMESTIC.
26640
To whom a letter has been addressed on the subject, state that they have never had the correspondence in their hands.
In: Lucas
According to Mr Ladds' own account his ability to stay in Hongkong even for the next cool season is dependent on the chance of being well enough to travel by the expiration of his leave in November; and it is evident from Mr H. Blake's despatch No. 13028, from the 2nd para. that he intends to work in Hongkong. Mr Ladds is habitually unwell, and in point of health unfit for full work.
Therefore I do not think it unreasonable to request time to submit further particulars at the first opportunity.
There is further paper as to claims listed by Mr Ladds to professional qualifications - but I have not yet got hold of it. Meanwhile the letter...
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