Mara.
COFY.
Nos.
Sir,
165
Supreme Court,
Hongkong, September 3rd., 1908.
:
With reference to your letter 0.8.0.
6808/08 of 1st. instant, I have the honour to inform you that
the nature of my complaint in reference to the papers which Mr.
Sharp, K.C., searched, while sitting at Mr. Jones' table, and
which Mr. Jones immediately thereafter took in to the Chiet
Justice, was quite misunderstood: 1 had no objection to the
papers being examined: on the contrary, I was very glad that
that special matter was being locked into refer to the
question of practice which cases Admiralty Action No. 4 of 1908
and Original Jurisdiction No. 197 of 1902 contain - an account
of the present enquiry into the working of the Registry origina-
ting through it. What I most strongly objected to and consider-
ed irregular was, that Mr. Jones should have allowed Mr. Sharp
and an outsider, whose name i have not even now been able to
find out, to examine books and papers for which I am responsible
without first asking my permission as the Head of the Depart-
ment.
%.
under ordinary circumstances a search fee
has to be paid for looking up papers in the Registry.
1 have etc.,
(Sd.) J. W. Norton yshe,
Registrar.
The honourable
The Colonial Secretary.
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