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"which we enclose a copy."
No definite answer was received by us to the above letter until the 12th September 1903.
In the meantime the Government, through the Attorney General, brought in and secured the passage through the Legislative Council of a new Ordinance (No.13 of 1903) amending Ordinance No.18 of 1900.
The purport and effect of this Ordinance may be gathered from a perusal of Section 2 thereof, which reads as follows:-
#1 The Chief Justice may at any time before
"a title has been granted under Section 14 of
"the principal Ordinance (that is Ordinance
"No.18 of 1900), upon good cause shown, grant to
"the Attorney General leave to appeal to the
"Full Court of the Supreme Court from any decision of the Land Court heretofore made, or
"hereafter to be made on any Claim in relation
"to land in the New Territories (other than a
"decision on a Claim for compensation under
"Section 14 of the principal Ordinance) in
"respect of which the Land Court shall certify
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