.
The Honourable
Colonial Secretary.
sir,
HONGKONG.
6th, March, 1912.
CO 3392
REC Rres 1 APR 12
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I should be much obliged if you would kindly
lay before His Excellency the Governor for transmission to the
Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies my
application for the post of Attorney General of Hongkong, if a
vacancy should occur in that office.
I was called to the Bar in November 1887, at
the Inner Temple, and my record in this Colony is as follows:-
1.
Acting Police Magistrate September 1888 to August 1889.
2.
Acting Puisne Judge, June to December, 1892.
3.
Received Gold Medal for Plague services in 1894.
Between January 1896 and December 1901 I acted as
Attorney General and a Member of the Law Committee of
the Council for various periods aggregating nearly three
years in all.
5.
Appointed Queen's Counsel for the Colony in 1900.
6.
From June 1900, till December 1901, I was President of
the Land Court for adjudicating on claims to land in
the New Territories.
7.
8.
On relinquishing the posts of Acting Attorney General
and President of the Land Court in December 1901, I
received a letter of thanks for my services in those
posts from the then Governor, Sir Henry Blake.
In 1903 I was elected by the Chamber of Commerce to be their temporary representative on the Legislative Council during the absence for 9 months from theColony of Mr R.Shewan, the other candidate being Mr E.A. Hewett
(now