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of the Committee that the jurisdiction of the
Consuls beyond
Civil Suits should be extended
- 500 Dollars, by Consular Ordinance
123 of 1847, which enacts that the Consuls,
of
to an
with certain accessories, shall have jurisdiction over all Civil Suits whatever,
subject to appeal to the Supreme Court of Hongkong, with the further appeal to the Privy Council in all cases above £500.-
I have likewise added to the efficacy of the Criminal Jurisdiction of the Consuls, by adopting in Consular Ordinance No.22 of 1847 the provisions of an Order by Her Majesty in Council for the Government of British Subjects
in the Levant.
in
I am not in the least surprised at the Committee having been misled as to the real state of things at Hongkong, when I examine the nature
of
the evidence,
of which they had no opportunity of correcting by evidence on the other side from Government
Officers lately arrived from Victoria. The
most remarkable cases
will now be noticed...
of mis-statement
Mr. R.M. Martin having in 1864, hazarded some crude opinions regarding the
settlement, thinks it necessary to maintain
them still. He states that the total
expenditure on account of Hongkong for Year
was £500,000. I have just shown that the Civil expenditure for 1867 was £50,959- and the Revenue £71,078, leaving only £14,881 chargeable to the Home Treasury. - I will let him make out the rest of the half million himself...
"
In drawing a distinction between the
use
of spirits and the
Mr. Martin states that
"Spirits
are not deleterious; spirits
"contain the element of life : Opium does not
"contain those elements." What that element,
- those elements, of life may be, forming a component part of spirits
į
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of the Committee that the juriediction of the
Consuls
beyoud
Civil Suits should be extended
- 500 Dollars, by Concular Ordinanc
123 of 1847, which enacts that the Consuls,
of
to an
with certain acceciors, shall have jurisdiction over all. Civil. Suits whatever,
subject. appeal to the Supreme Court of Houghtong, with the further appeal to the Privy Council in all cases above £500.-
I have likewise added to the efficacy of the Criminal Jurisdiction of the Conculs, by adopting in Consular Ordinance. M22 of 1847 the provisions of an Order by Her Majesty Council for the Goverment of British Subjects
in the Levant.
in
I am not in the least surprised at the Committee having been mieled as to the real state of things at Houghing, when I of the evidence,
examine the nature
of
which they had no opportunity of correcting by evidence on the other side from Govemment
Officers lately arrived from Victoria. The
most remarkable cases
will now be noticed...
of miss
mis-statement
Mr. R..M.. Martin having in 1864, some crude opinions regarding the
hazarded.
settlement, thinks it necesary to maintain
them still. He states that the totaĹ
shewn
me
expenditure on account of Houghtong for Year
was £500,000. I have just that the Civil cxpenditure for 1867 wa £50.959- and the Perenne Z$1,078, leaving only £ 14, 881. chargeable to the Home Treasury. - I will let him make out the rest of the half million himself...
"
use
drawing a ductinction between the
In drawing.
of spirits and the
states that
"Sprits
e of trium..
Mr Hartin
are not deleterious; spirits
"contain the clement of life : Opium does not
" contain those elements." What that element,
- there clements, of life may be, forming a component part of spect
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