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keep, and if he goes on leave at the end of the year he
will be called to the Bar in June next. In this connection
the AttorneyGeneral has advised me as follows:- "There is
not so far as I can see any legal impediment to the
appointment of a Barrister instead of a Solicitor to the
post of Crown Solicitor in Hongkong. The posts of
Solicitor and Assistant Solicitors to the Treasury at
home as also that of Solicitor to the Board of Inland
Revenue, are all held by Barristers and it was the subject
of express enactment”. Mr. Rees-Davies added in conversa-
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-tion that if any question should arise as to Mr. Kemp's
acting in the capacity of a Solicitor of the Supreme Court,
the matter could be validated by Ordinance.
If Mr. Kemp were selected it
would be necessary to appoint an Officer to act for him as
he proceeds on leave as above stated at the end of the
year. I consider that Mr. G. H. Wakeman would be a good
appointment to so act.
(3). To appoint Mr. G. H. Wakeman, Land Officer
and Official Receiver. Mr. Wakeman is a Solicitor of the
Supreme Court in England. He was appointed Land Officer in
1900 and his record of service is in the Civil Service
List. He was educated at Bradfield College and
Cains
College