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and if judgment is given against defendunt, the property
is sold and the proceeds divided, pro rata, among the
creditots.
In my opinion, therefore, the Corman Consul's
action on this occasion was perfectly regular and in
accordance with juristic principles", and I venture to
submit, with all rospect to Hir Honour the Chief Justice,
his Court had no power to punish a foreign firm in Canton
for setting the law of Chinu in motion, through their
official representative and by means of the duly con-
stituted Chinese authority, at against Chinese defendant s
subject to Chinese jurisdiction.
Similar action is constantly taken by British
and Chinese firms in Hongkong, and it would suriously
impuls the weight and influence of the British Consul's
representations to the Chinese authorities, if his action
in such cases were to be subjected to adverse criticism
and public censure by the Hongkong Courts.
In paragraph 3 of the Chief Justice's letter
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