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14.

obviate

any further mistake, section 7

has been drawn in its present form.

section 5. It was thought advocate

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several gu

advisable

grounds to extend the

The second

powers of Magistre

1 of Magistrates . enquiry before the Supreme Court increon, the difficulty which is experienced. oblaining Chinese evidence; and the loss of time, sometimes several days,

which the witnesses incur without.

remuneration, while waiting about the

Supreme Court involves a pecuning loss which pressis hardly upon the poorer classes.

The Commerce of the Port also

carried on by passing is now mainly carried on

few days

deamers which remain a

and then continue their

592

boyage and

the

to prevent failures of justice from absence of prosecutors or witnesses it is necessary to provide means for deating promptly with offences of minor importance.

It was also considered that larger powers might exsely be entrusted to Magistrates in this Colony, then would be possible in larger Colonies; they discharge their duties under the immediate eep of

of the Executive and of

the Judged and any

serious want of

discretion could not fail to be noticed

at once, and instructions

prevent

the

occurrence

mistake, while in

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