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I have sounded Sir Havilland de
Šausmarez, Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court
at Shanghai, on the suggestion, that he should visit Hong-
-kong twice in the year as an Appeal Judge of the Hongkong
Supreme Court for periods of say a fortnight at each visit.
I found him in favour of the proposal, and he said that he
could arrange his work if the sittings were fixed in the
months of February and July or perhaps June. The Full
Court sat for 21 days in 1906 and for 29 days in 1907,
one of the sittings in the latter year was for the sole
but
purpose of introducing the new Attorney-General. In view,
however, of the possibility of an increase in the number
of Appeals when an efficient Court was established, I asked
Sir Havilland de Sausmarez whether he could prolong the
sittings to three weeks instead of a fortnight if need
arose. He replied that he could arrange for three weeks on
an emergency. A remuneration of about £100 for each sitting
with £25 for incidental expenses and $125 for actual
travelling expenses, viz.:- £275 a year to include pension
and all claims of every kind, would seem to be reasonable
looking to the salaries of the Judges and the importance
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of the work in which the Colony requires assistance.
Sir Havilland de Sausmarez con-
-Bidered
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