Supreme Court, Hongkong,
13th. February, 1909.
I have the honour to acknowledge Your Excellency's letter of 3rd. February, on the subject of the Registry of the Supreme Court. I have already addressed one letter to Your Excellency on the subject, dealing specially with Mr. Seth's letter and requesting that I should be enlightened as to the view the Government takes of the matter, on which I am completely in the dark.
2. Your Excellency regrets that I should ask that the matter be re-considered by the Secretary of State in view of the voluminous correspondence which has already been submitted to the Secretary of State. I have the honour to remind Your Excellency that I administer the King's justice in the Colony, and for such purpose I represent His Majesty. If in the course of the administration of the civil affairs of the Colony an order is made which interferes with the administration of justice which I cannot alter by the usual method, it is my duty to make the strongest representation possible to that end;
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