CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 421

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so precise as to obviate the necessity of exercising

A

discretion in certain cases,

I apprehend that Mr Ewine,

having

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my reply

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not demanding a legal right but making a request for

intervention within the

discretion of the Government.

As regards the

to

5.

the petition, knows perfectly

well that the Notice in

he

question was intended. specially to apply to communications such as this of his to which refers, as being written behalf of a person resident in the Colony (and that _ person a Chinese) who was

not

-principal complaint of my

Ewing' letter, the circumstances

of this, in various respects, unfortunate case, are out in the letters of the

fully set

exoting Chief Justice, and the

hel: 4+5 Colonial Treasurer, copies of

17th 198th April, 1888.

which are annexed. Stated

concisely, they as

are as

follows:

The

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