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My Lad

Victoria, Hongkong,

28th April, 1827.

With reference to Your Lordships

th

Despatch N. 60 J January 29, # requiring s

information as to the appointment of a Malay and Portuguese Interpreter to the Supreme Court, I have the honor to state that on the 4th of June last the Chief Justice application for such an Interpreted was read in the Executive Council, (see Minutes) and on the

and on the ground of economy,

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it

was decided that instead of appointing such an officer exclusively for the Supreme Court, whose sittings did not exceed about 6 months in the year, the person who actually officialed in the Chef Magistrate's The Right Honorable, The Earl Grey,