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members of the Council may have reasons of their own in favour

of the scheme which have not occurred to me, and in a matter of

such great importance it is advisable that I should have an opportunity of considering them and expressing an opinion upon

them.

I note however with pleasure that any questions which any member may desire to ask me will be referred to me. I take this to include questions from Your Excellency, and if this is

so it is more than likely that my attendance at the Council will be rendered unnecessary. The action of His Majesty's Government

and the Government of the Colony is based on so serious a mis-

apprehension of the facts involved in the scheme of the new

Appeal Court that if this course is pursued I am not without

hope that, in the best interests of the Colony, even at the eleventh hour it may be abandoned. For example, Your Excellency

may desire further light on the reasons why in my opinion the

scheme is likely to break down for want of sufficient time

allotted to the visits of the Shanghai Judge to complete the

work each session. That opinion is based on six and a half

years' experience. Your Excellency and the Secretary of State

appear to be of the contrary opinion, for obviously neither Your

Excellency nor the Secretary of State desires to introduce a

scheme which is likely to break down for want of time. There

must be some point which I have not made clear, but which could

be explained were Your Excellency to put me questions tending

to eludidate this vital point. This is I suggest of first impor-

tance, for obviously if Your Excellency were satisfied that

injustice to litigants caused by breakdowns is possible you

would at once so advise the Secretary of State.

3. The points which, with deference, the Fxecutive

Council have to decide are two-fold:-

First; whether the action I have taken, first, in

criticising the scheme, and afterwards in endeavouring to

improve the details of its working, is such as to justify

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