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on the Supreme Court of Hongkong. Your Lordship's despatch N2 of 1882 Tov

Avas

referred to the Chief Justice on

the 19th of April, 1882, but as

Inr

explained by him. the illness of t Snowden and the great pressure of work in the Supreme Court has prevented the completion of réport at an earlier period.

The Chief Justice

the

points out that in making comparison between the cost of _ the establishment of the Supreme Court of Honghong and of those of

other

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other Colonies, it should be remembered

that here a variety of duties. have ___ been imposed on the Registrar which

in other Colonies are

performed by-

-persons unconnected with the

Courts, and he

gives

statements of the

cost of the Supreme Court and of the fee received from 187/3 up The nett cost of the Supreme Court in

to date.

1880 and 1881 was it will be seen

(page 6) less than in the years 1873 to 1899 and the Chief Justice estimates

that even

if the larger salaries proposed by the Governor

Loy were

paid

to