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renewed exertions on

supply the defeat.

my part to

I have the satisfaction to forward by the present opportunity, apart from this despatch, Copies of the following Ordinances, which have passed the Legislative Council-

a

a

(one in MS, fsix printed)

An Ordinance to establish

Supreme Court of Justice

at Hongkong.

10142.

An Ordinance for establishing is the Registry of the Inhabitant's

of the Island of Hongkong and it's Dependencies-

The first of these being

a most important Instrument,

inasmuch

as

it

Conveys

to

this Colony the operation of English Law, with such

modifications and limitations

as were

prescribed by Your Lordship, with the advice of the Law officers of the Crown, or such others as arose out of the peculiar exigencies of this Colony, it has been

drawn

up

with much care

and ability by Mr Chief Justice

Hulme, and undergone

thorough revision in Council with the aid of

the opinion

of the Attorney General.

In execution

of

the

provisions of this Ordinance, the Supreme Court opened it's sittings

on the 1st Instant.

The necessity for the second

of the above-mentioned Ordinances arose out

of

the mixed and

heterogeneous character of population of

this Colony,

the

bordering

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201 renewed exertions on supply the defeat. my part to I have the satisfaction to forward by the present opportunity, apart from this despatch, Copies of the following Ordinances, which have passed the Legislative Council- a a (one in MS, fsix printed) An Ordinance to establish Supreme Court of Justice at Hongkong. 10142. An Ordinance for establishing is the Registry of the Inhabitant's of the Island of Hongkong and it's Dependencies- The first of these being a most important Instrument, inasmuch as it Conveys to this Colony the operation of English Law, with such modifications and limitations as were prescribed by Your Lordship, with the advice of the Law officers of the Crown, or such others as arose out of the peculiar exigencies of this Colony, it has been drawn up with much care and ability by Mr Chief Justice Hulme, and undergone thorough revision in Council with the aid of the opinion of the Attorney General. In execution of the provisions of this Ordinance, the Supreme Court opened it's sittings on the 1st Instant. The necessity for the second of the above-mentioned Ordinances arose out of the mixed and heterogeneous character of population of this Colony, the bordering
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renewed exertions on

supply the defeat.

my part to

I have the satisfaction to forward by the present offortunity, apart from this bespatch, Copies of the following Ordinances, which have passed the Legislative Council-

a

a

I one in MŚ, fsix printed)

An Ordinance to establish

Supreme Court of Justice

at Hongkong.

10142.

An Ordinance for establishing is the Registry of the Inhabitant's

of the Island of Hongkong and it's Dependencies-

The first of these being

a most important Instrument,

inasmuch

مع

it

Conveys

to

this Colony the operation of English Lave, with such

modifications and limitations

الله

་་

as weren

103

prescribed by Your Lonship. with the advice of the Law officers of the frown, or mch others as arose out of the peautiar exigencies of this Colony, it has been

drawn

up

with much care

and ability by Mr Chief Justice

Hulme, and undergone

thorough revision in Connoil with the aid of

the opinion

of the Attorney General.

In execution

7

the

provisions of this Enpatient, the Supreme Court opened it's sittings

on the 1th Instant.

The necessity for the second

of the above-mentioned Ordinances arose out

the mixed and

of

heterogeneous character of population of

this Colony,

the

bordering

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