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Hongkong, 25th. November, 1903.

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Sir,

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Referring to your predecessor's Despatch

No. 361 of the 24th. of October, 1902, I have the honour to

request that Sir John Carrington may be approached with a

view to expediting the production of the revised edition of

the Hongkong Ordinances which has been so long in hand and

which will in any case be almost out of date before it can be

brought into use. I observe that in October 1901, Sir John

Carrington anticipated under the arrangements which he then

recommended that the work would be completed at the expiration

of a little over 6 months from the date of his arrival in

England.

2.

Many of the Ordinances have been for some

time out of print but I have hesitated to have them reprinted

in the hope that the revised edition would have been ready

for use long ago.

3.

Messrs. Noronha, the Government Printers,

have stated that the very last batch of the first proofs of

Volume I were sent to Sir John Carrington on the 6th. of June

last, and that they have since been returned for fresh proofs

which

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, M.P.,

&C...

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&C.,