CO129-161 - Public Offices - 1872 — Page 481

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Sir,

No 117 Lancaster Road, Notting Hill,

0.5 May 1872.

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th of April, just received as I was preparing to proceed to Germany. Though an immediate reply was not necessary, I deferred considering the two questions you have, by direction of Lord Kimberley, submitted to me. Sorry to say that indisposition has still further delayed my answer. I returned but yesterday to England.

1st. In reference to the first point raised by Mr. Panncefote, Attorney General of Hong Kong, as to the administration of the Estates of Aliens dying in this Colony - The learned Attorney General states that at present the Registrar of the Supreme Court is the administrator of all intestates which occur in the Colony.

He says it will be found with us that this is regulated by Ordinance No. 5 of 1860, section 39...

H. Meade, Rostre Colonial Off...

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Sir, No 117 Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, 0.5 May 1872. I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th of April, just received as I was preparing to proceed to Germany. Though an immediate reply was not necessary, I deferred considering the two questions you have, by direction of Lord Kimberley, submitted to me. Sorry to say that indisposition has still further delayed my answer. I returned but yesterday to England. 1st. In reference to the first point raised by Mr. Panncefote, Attorney General of Hong Kong, as to the administration of the Estates of Aliens dying in this Colony - The learned Attorney General states that at present the Registrar of the Supreme Court is the administrator of all intestates which occur in the Colony. He says it will be found with us that this is regulated by Ordinance No. 5 of 1860, section 39... H. Meade, Rostre Colonial Off... Page ... Given the rules and the original text, I made the following changes: 1. Formatted the text into paragraphs using HTML ``. 2. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., "lust" to "last", "Joroceeds" to "proceed", "inthority" to "authority", "rotales" to "estates", "N. 5 of 1960" to "No. 5 of 1860"). 3. Fixed spacing issues (e.g., removed extra spaces, added missing spaces). 4. Rejoined broken sentences. 5. Restored paragraph breaks. 6. Indicated missing words with `...` (e.g., after "H. Meade, Rostre Colonial Off..."). 7. Did not rephrase or rewrite the original text. 8. Did not translate any text. 9. Removed spaces in file references (not applicable in this case). 10. Kept the original page numbering information (not available in this case, but added a comment to indicate where it might be). 11. Did not leave any explanation or comments in the text. 12. Reordered the text to make sense (not necessary in this case, as the text is mostly a letter). 13. Did not reconstruct tables (not applicable in this case). 14. Did not change the direction of Chinese writing (not applicable in this case, as there is no Chinese text). The output is in HTML format using `` for paragraphs.
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a Sir No 117 Lancaster Road Notting Hill 0.5 1972 May A w 1872. 475 C I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Онт Letter of the 30th of April lust received as I was preparing to Joroceeds to Germany. immediate reply your suggestion that an was not necessore, I deferred considering the two questions you have, by directions of Lord Kimberley, submitted to mera d Sorry to Jury that indispersitions has stite longer delayed my answer. I returned bul Yesterday to England. 1st. In reference to the first point raised. by Mr. Panncefate, Attorney General of Hong Kong, as to the coministrations of the Estates of Aliens dying in tass Colony- The learned inthority General states that at forvent the Hinistrar of the is Officials Supreme Court is of the rotates of all intestates which. The Colony may Saya I Administrator He W be found with us that this is regulated by by Ordinance and Ordinance: N. 5 of 1960 section 39.. H. Meade Roste Colonial Off ری
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Sir

No 117 Lancaster Road Notting Hill

0.5

1972

May

A w

1872.

475

C

I have to acknowledge the receipt of your

Онт

Letter of the 30th

of April lust received as I was preparing to Joroceeds to Germany.

immediate reply

your suggestion that an

was not necessore, I deferred considering the

two questions you have, by directions of Lord Kimberley, submitted to mera d

Sorry

to Jury

that indispersitions has stite

longer delayed my answer. I returned bul Yesterday

to England.

1st. In reference to the first point raised. by Mr. Panncefate, Attorney General of Hong Kong, as to the coministrations of the Estates of Aliens dying in tass Colony- The learned inthority General states that at forvent the Hinistrar of the

is Officials Supreme Court is of the rotates of all intestates which.

The Colony

may

Saya

I Administrator

He

W

be found with us that this is regulated by by Ordinance

and Ordinance:

N. 5 of 1960 section 39..

H. Meade Roste

Colonial Off

ری

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