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assured the Government of Hong Kong; muy only previous reperience

of a Crown Colony having been gained

in Mauritius, where the Procureur

- Général, the Officier whose duties

Correspond

d to those of the Attorney-

- General clstokere, is debarred from

private practice. Indeed, as I observed

in the despatel referred to above, in

all countries where the principles

I Codes have been.

off

the French Legal

istablished, - that is, throughout

The greater part of Europe, - permissions

to the Law Officer of the state, or to

other Public Prosecutors, to take -

private

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private practice, would be regarded as Niconsistent with any proper

utterly

administration of prestire

3. I ad here, generally, to the

opencions rxpressed ow this subject

"Confidential despatch of

ii.

May 19th 1883, which should be read

together with the present despatch; but further local experience has roto- taught the that an Exception to the

rule ought to be made, in the

public interest, in so small and so

general

peculiarly circumstances a community as that of Hong Kong.

4. In the great self-governing

Colonies

!