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as in En. Risley's minute
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that there is
Ground for questioning the action
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of the Gov.
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Hongkong.
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Government House,
Hongkong, 15th.October, 1908.
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Enclosure !..
My Lord,
With reference to your Confidenti-
-al Despatch of July 31st. in which Your Lordship approved
the action which I had taken and the views I expressed
regarding the refusal of the Governor in Council to grant
exemption to Mr. Ho Tung from the operation of Ordinance
4 of 1904, I have the honour at the request of the Chief
Justice to forward a further Memorandum on the subject
together with the covering letter with which he forwarded
it to me,
Enclosure 2.
2.
The Memorandum oriticises the
action of the Colonial Secretary, and I enclose a copy of
a minute by Mr. May in which he explains his views of the
circumstances.
3.
The Memorandum, as I read it,
challenges the authority of the Secretary of State to
decide such a question, though it was at his own request
(letter
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CREWE,
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