CO129-165 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [10-12] — Page 439

C.S.O. Nr. 2868.

Copy.

(Minista

mindyed.

a

Opinion

of The Honorable

Julian Rauncefote, Attorney General

437

On the recent application for

Marriage License by a me

Bowler, who married

young

Chinese Female, I wrote a

Minute

opinion in which

I adverted to the state of the

Marriage Laws in this, being unsatisfactory

as

for

new

Colony

calling

and

Legislation.__ The local Ordinanal (M.

/5 of 1842) certainly offers

one

great

advantage which is that, if its formalities be complied with "The Marriage may

performed according

be

to such