CO129-304 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [1-4] — Page 604

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Government House,

Hongkong, 16 April, 1901.

I have the honour to acknowledge the

receipt of your Despatch No. 52 of the 15th. February

last.

do.

After due consideration, I am of the

opinion that the necessity, to which I adverted in the

fourth paragraph of my Despatch No. 518 of the 28th.

December, 1900, of restoring the post of Second Magis-

trate as a permanent appointment, is unavoidable.

My reasons for coming to this con-

clusion are (a) the delay caused to lawyers;

vel: 1. 29/11/1900. el: 2. 1/4/1901.

(b) the waste of time to Police Officers and

witnesses and parties;

(c) the advisability of having a second

Magistrate at hand in the event of the indisposition of the other Magistrate;

(a) the increase in the number of cases

dealt with at the Magistracy, which I see no reason to think will not be a permanent increase.

The two enclosed special reports by

the Captain Superintendent of Police and the Acting First

Magistrate not only furnish the information called for

by the second paragraph of your Despatch under acknowlede

-ment but also form the basis of reason (d) adduced in

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

the

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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