No 187.
Sir,
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GOVERNMENT
HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 13th April, 1927.
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Ausd 310
10 OCT 1927
With reference to my predecessor's despatch
No.258 dated 9th August, 1920, concerning the payment
of bonuses to officers of this Government who are
successful in passing the examinations for the English
Bar, I have the honour to inform you that the transfer
of Mr. Ball to Ceylon and of Mr. Nihill to Iraq has
created a serious shortage of qualified legal officers
in the service of this Colony, and I have accordingly
had under consideration the question of offering further inducements to officers, more especially Cadet Officers,
to study for the Bar.
2. In this connection I would refer to your
Circular despatch of 6th August, 1926, on the subject of concessions to Colonial Government Officers "exercising judicial or magisterial functions". In this Colony as you are aware Cadet Officers with the exception of a few of the most senior do not hold any specific appointments.
Most of such officers do however in practice at some
period of their careers exercise judicial functions either as magistrates or District Officers and any Cadet
who had been called to the Bar would at all times be
given preference for the former class of post.
I should
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&c.,
&C..
&c.
therefore