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Sir George Grey, B.T.O.

Governor Sir John Bowring 9th January, 1858

Memorandum,

2 Enclosures.

27th

Received

of Chief Justice Strachan.

During the continued illness of the Chief Justice, Strachan, the dispatch of Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction laws, the adoption of measures for reporting...

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Cut by at present

Amended 10

held in

M.11

No. 63.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION,

It is hereby notified, that His Excellency The Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in consequence of the continued indisposition of The Honorable The Chief Justice, has, under his Hand and Seal of the Colony, appointed The Honorable WILLIAM THOMAS BRIDGES, Esq., Attorney General, to be President, and the Honorable WILLIAM THOMAS MERCER, Esq., Colonial Secretary, and The Honorable Lieutenant-Colonel HENRY HOPE GRAHAM, Commanding the Forces, to be Members of a Commission to discharge the Office of Chief Justice at the Criminal Sessions now next ensuing, and no longer; and His Excellency has been further pleased to appoint HENRY KINGSMILL, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to perform the duties of Attorney General at the Sessions aforesaid.

W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.

By Order,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 26th December, 1855.

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