CO129-146 - Lieut Governor Whitfield - 1870 [10-12] — Page 215

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

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place between the Colonial and Foreign Offices in reference to the legal assistance to be given to Her Majesty's Consuls by this Government, and instructing

me

in

to give any advice which might be asked for by such Officers

neighborhood of Hong Kong

my Law

the

without recurrence to

Officers if possible, although

Cades

in

of difficully the expenses of the Professional opinion of the Attorney General might be __ paid for from Imperial Funds.

In reply Thave the honar to acquaint Your Lordship that the Attorney General, to

whom the papers

has

requested

AVLUV

referred;

me to observe that

whilst taking due note of the practice to be pursued, he is bound in his

oww

justification

to impugn the statement made by Mr Ricketts to the effect that the Governor passed the .. " matter to the Attorney General,

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" who

refused to give.

opinion

unless paid for so doing," inasmuch

as

he has never re

refused to

give

legal assistance to a British. Consul unless payment was made.

Mr Pauncefale thinks

that the statement made by- Mo. Ricketts

may possibly have

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