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respect of his service else - where is due to him.

4.

I request the favour of an early reply to this ~ despatch.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Most Obedient Humble Servant,

Mach Major General, Administering the Go-

Øvernment.

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Chambers,

Supreme Court,Hong-Kong.

5th. September,1

1898.

I propose to ask for twelve months' leave of

absence in the early part of April,1899, and I write now to

offer to prepare and pass through the press during my absence

a new and revised edition of the Statute Laws of the Colony.

2. There are at present extant two editions of

the Statute Laws. The first of these is in four quarto volumes

and was published in 1890-91. It was compiled for the Govern-

ment by Mr. A. J.Leach, under the general supervision of the Law

Revision Commission. The last Ordinance contained in it is No.

26 of 1887. The second or "concise" edition is in two octavo

volumes and was published in 1891-92.It was compiled for the

Government by Mr.A.J.Leach. The last Ordinance contained in it

is No.30 of 1890.

3. Of these editions the first, which is some...

what cumbrous in form and is burdened with a mass of obsolete

matter in the shape of repealed Ordinances, appears to be lit-

tle used. The second edition is much more handy in form and is

The Hon. T.SERCOMBE SMITH,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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