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fications in this respect were set out in an affidavit filed by him, in which he says that since 1900 he has made a special study of the Laws of China with special reference to land laws, and had studied all the regulations and works of authority cited in this

case,

and a large number of despatches, records and other documenta relating to land law. Further, he had made soecial translations of a number of Chinese Laws, rules and regulations dealing with the

matter.

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After the appellent had filed his affidavits, Mr. Cle- menti procured several valuable documents from San On and Canton which threw considerable light on the case, and which he translat- ed. These documents were subsequently filed on behalf of the res-

pondent.

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Mr. Clementi also re-translated all the documents which has been filed in the Land Court in this case, and corrected all the translations out in by the appellant. He also assisted the Attorney General and myself in compiling affidavits in reoly to to the appellent's case. These affidavits ran to considerable length, the most important one occupying 34 pages of foolscap, The compilation of these affidavits occupied a very large oortion of the time of the Attorney General, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Clementi and myself from the 18th. August 1904 until 7th, October, when the affidavits were filed,

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When the evidence on both sides had been closed, it was necessary for the Attorney General and Mr. Pollock to master the details of the case, which were extremely voluminous, and Vr. Cla- menti spent many days in consultation with them, and I believe very materially assisted then, but on this point the Attorney General is better qualified to report than I am.

The nearing of the Anseel occupied the Court for 17 Jays, during which Mr. Clementi attended in Court, and assisted ·

the Attorney General and the Court itself on all matters of tren- slation and in many other ways.

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