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connected with the administration.

و

and

Justice in China and Hongkong, an it appears to Lord Serly that the

of the revision of the broer in founcil under which the fonseelar

fourts in China and Japan

are.

established, presents a fitting opportunity for the careful consideration of this comportant question. The following is a brief prices of the Scheme, so far aseolatis to the Appellati funt . It is proposed,

1.

That Appeals should be from

the

500.

the

final Judgments of the Supreme. fourt of Hongkong, and of the Consular Courts of China and Japan to the

new fourts of Appeal, which should sit at the place where the Appeal -

arose, unless it should otherwise order. 2. That no appeal should be from - any of the fourts where the value of the subject matter doce not exceed Five " hundred pounds ( the limit prescribed

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(

for Appeal to the Rivy founcil) except

by

the

special leave of the fourt, in which

original Judgment shall have

been