CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 428

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the petitioner's request but remarks that it was rever intended to apply to legal cars Now: I should have thought my communication to the Registrar General before alluded to was in the nature of a legal case but the Excellency : xpressly forbad; the Registral Eviral for notice of the letter. With regard

fat

any

to the general correspondence of Solicitors in the

Colony il can be proved that it is of great service to Chinese who are other= wise apt to be unjustly treated and that the action of Solicitors has been of great service to their clients in transactions with the Government can be easily shown. Besides in matters affecting the Land office and 3 Survrye, Inerals Office it is really imposible not to deal with the Solicitors and there

are several cases in which I have been

the

mads use of by the Government to epper an

effect arrangement beurficial to all parter I should aiso like to add that sour years ago I asked and obtained permission for the owners

of Chines: theatres to open their theatres on Sunday bring the Chinese new year's day and this year I made a similar request but I was informed my request. could not be considered and as I was

asking a favour I thought it better to for ward a petition signed by the owns but I imagine

you

will be surprised. to learn that I received no answer

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to this petition but the theatre ourco

wers told by the Government to pres ut a Chinese petition themselves and it would be granted which was dour I do not think it necessary to offer any comment upon this strange proceeding To return to the case

of

Regina

versus to Akai it is one I think.

of peculiar hardship and likely to discredit the administration of juster in the colony in the eyes of Chinese who are necessarily ignorant of the subtle. of English Law The facts of the case