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Justice in the Supreme Court, i ar of opinion that the provisions made

in that behalf in the early days of the Colony, are quite insufficient

to deal in a satisfactory manner with the work which now comes before it,

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#ith regard to the change from monthly to bi-

aonthly Criminal Sessions 1 supported the proposal in view of the pos-

-sibility of the increase of Judges not being sanctioned, as the holling

of a bi-monthly session by the two Julges would liberate a certain amount

of time which is not now available for the trial of Civil Actions.

With regard to the appointment of a Private Secreta

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-ry or Personal Clerk, to the Chief Justice, I trust that the Secretary

of State will have no objection to re-consider his decision. As I believe

the Chief Justice of Hongkong is the only Chief Justice in a first class

Colony who has no personal Secretary, i did not elaborate in any detail

the inconveniences to which I am subject by the absence of such an

officer: which I beg leave now to do.

(a). My Chambers are at one end of a passage in which are

the professional entrances to the Supreme Court: My door opens on to the

passage, and there is practically nothing to prevent any one coming into

my Chambers. If the coolie is absent even the formality of sending in a

cari is dispensed with. The result is that I am subject to intrusion by

all kinds of people who may wish to see me at all hours of the day, and

quite irrespective of my personal convenience. By way of illustration

some time ago a broken down and importunate American Attorney was

anxious to lay a series of grievances before me; nothing that I could

do would prevent his coring, and on one lay, he came no less than 5

times, each visit being lengthy, practically taking up the whole of my

time that day. A Chinese coolies is not a person of sufficient authority

to prevent persons coming in to my room, and even if he were he cannot

always be on duty at the door. I need not say how greatly this interferes,

with my work: 1 am often perpetually interrupted while I am writing

judgments. I submit with respect that the Chief Justice ought to be privileged to be free from intrusion, and that access to his room should

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