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Government House,
Hongkong, 23rd. May, 1906.
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My Lord,
I have the honour to submit for
Your Lordship's consideration copies of the correspondence
detailed in the annexed schedule on the subject of in-
-creasing the number of Judges of the Supreme Court of this
Colony.
2.
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Francis Piggott in my letter of the 25th. April not to rem
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There is no case at present.
Say that we do not think that the Thick
Justice have shown Sufficient grand for
these the layerents
"C.P.d 12 at once
-commend to Your Lordship the appointment of a third Judge
for Hongkong was largely based on the views embodied in
the minutes of the Acting Colonial Secretary and the
Attorney-General. The former has in the course of the last
eleven years five times acted as Pulsne Judge for an aggre-
-gate period of three and a half years while the latter
has twice acted as Chief Justice for an aggregate period of
eleven months including the nine immediately preceding the
arrival in the Colony of the present Chief Justice. During
RIGHT HONOURABLE
HE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,
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