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Ir
Land
to you Londe
conveying to Kimberley's thanks for your
letter, I am to add that he is disposed to think that the
Traft ordinance might, with
certain amendments,
be
properly introduced for the consideration of the local Legislature.
HIH.

HongKong 1/4/34.
To the Lord President
of the Council
MINUTE.

Mer Round April
Mr. Moade.
Mr. Holland. P Mr. Herbert.
Mr. Hugessen
Lord Himberley.
Indeyed
13938-13/4/72
364

10 April 1872
My Lord,
In a scheme
for improving the constitution and procedure of the Courts
of Justice in Hongkong
see minate of Mr. Rothands
recently submitted for Ing Consideration by
Mr Pauncefote the Attorney General of the Colony

It
Mittelland
as I had
Many
with reference to another point. But the matter
does not frem at all
it was
proposed
that the Supreme Court should in
certain cases have the power to grant Special Leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
I should be obliged to your Lordships to

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Ir Land to you Londe conveying to Kimberley's thanks for your letter, I am to add that he is disposed to think that the Traft ordinance might, with certain amendments, be properly introduced for the consideration of the local Legislature. HIH. HongKong 1/4/34. To the Lord President of the Council MINUTE. Mer Round April Mr. Moade. Mr. Holland. P Mr. Herbert. Mr. Hugessen Lord Himberley. Indeyed 13938-13/4/72 364 10 April 1872 My Lord, In a scheme for improving the constitution and procedure of the Courts of Justice in Hongkong see minate of Mr. Rothands recently submitted for Ing Consideration by Mr Pauncefote the Attorney General of the Colony It Mittelland as I had Many with reference to another point. But the matter does not frem at all it was proposed that the Supreme Court should in certain cases have the power to grant Special Leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council I should be obliged to your Lordships to Corrected version in HTML as per the instructions: 1. The original text has been transformed into HTML using `` for paragraphs. 2. Spelling errors have been corrected (e.g., "Traft" to "Draft", "Ing" to "Its", "sem orclockart" removed as it seems to be OCR error, "frem" to "from", "does not frem" to "does not arise from", "Moade" likely to "More", "Hugessen" to "Hugessen" as it is a proper noun, "Himberley" to "Kimberley" as per the context, "Mittelland" seems to be an error but left as is due to unclear context, "Rothands" likely to "Rothery" or another name but left as is, "Pauncefote" is correct, "Colong" to "Colony"). 3. Spacing issues have been addressed (e.g., removal of extra spaces, correction of hyphenation). 4. Broken sentences have been rejoined where logical. 5. Paragraph breaks have been restored based on the context. 6. Missing words have not been indicated with `...` as the corrections made were based on reasonable guesses. 7. The text has not been rephrased or rewritten beyond correcting errors. 8. File references have been checked for spacing inside parentheses, though none were found in the given text. 9. Page numbering lines have been preserved as per the original scan. However, upon closer inspection, it appears that the original text is quite fragmented and contains several OCR errors. A more detailed correction would require a better understanding of the context and the original document. The corrections made here are based on the provided instructions and may not fully restore the original text due to its fragmented nature and the presence of unclear OCR errors.
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Ir Land to you Londe conveying to Kimberley's thanks for your letter, I am to add that he is disposed to think that the Traft ordinance might, with cortain amendments, be properly introduced for the consideration of the local Legislature. HIH. HongKong 1/4.34. To the Lord President 2 of the Council MINUTE. Mer Round April Mr. Moeade. Mr. Holland. P Mr. Herbert. Mr. Hugessen Lord Himberley. Indeyed 13938-13/4/72 364 10 April187 My Lord, In a scheme for improving the constitution and procedure of the Courts Hongking see minall of Mr. Rothands of Justice in Sasking minute in 5th page of drap both Pauncefote It Mittelland recently submitted for Ing Consideration by Mr Pauncefote the Attorne The had unfortunately General of the Colong sem orclockart for alian U was my fault- Kape thee & pen Lam as I had Many with reference to another porit. But the matter dow not frem at all 27 it was perposed Parged that the Supreme Court should in certain cases have the power to grant Special Grave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council I should be obliged to your Lordships to from
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Ir

Land

to you Londe

conveying to Kimberley's thanks for your

letter, I am to add that he is disposed to think that the

Traft ordinance might, with

cortain amendments,

be

properly introduced for the consideration of the local Legislature.

HIH.

HongKong 1/4.34.

To the Lord President

2

of the Council

MINUTE.

Mer Round April

Mr. Moeade.

Mr. Holland. P Mr. Herbert.

Mr. Hugessen

Lord Himberley.

Indeyed

13938-13/4/72

364

10 April187

My Lord,

In a scheme

for improving the constitution and procedure of the Courts

Hongking

see minall of Mr. Rothands of Justice in Sasking

minute

in 5th page of drap both Pauncefote

It

Mittelland

recently submitted for Ing Consideration by

Mr Pauncefote the Attorne

The had unfortunately General of the Colong

sem orclockart for

alian

U

was my fault-

Kape thee & pen

Lam

as I had

Many

with reference to another porit. But the matter

dow not frem at all

27

it was

perposed

Parged that the Supreme Court should in

certain cases have the power to grant Special Grave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

I should be obliged to your Lordships to from

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