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from private correspondence are as follows:- Mr. J. K. Innes an

officer of the cadet service who has been for the past year

acting as Attorney-General Straits Settlements is not available

for other work until the middle of March when the new Attorney-

-General takes up his duties. If the pressure of work in the

Courts is so great that Mr. Innes is required to act as Fuisne

Judge without further delay it sight be necessary to find a

practising Ea frister to act temporarily as Attorney-General and

he would not be likely to do this for less than the full salary

of the post. But Mr. Smith's four months full pay leave from Hong-

-xong will carry him on into May and by that time Mr. Innes #111

be available to act as Puisno Judge and will be drawing salary

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1 submit then that there is no reason what-

-ever why Mr. Smith's half-pay leave should be charged to this

Colony but that every local precedent points to its failing on

the Straits,

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I have the less hesitation in urging to the

best of my power my own views as to the equities of the case for

if the course i sugeest be adopted Mr. Saith hiassif will be no

loser. His half salary will be more as Puisne Judge Straits

Settigments than as First Magistrate Hongkong. I understand that

the ruling as to Mr. Smith's leave pay proceeded from the

Secretary of State. 1 would however respectfully submit that all

communication up to the present has been by cable and that very

possibly that ruling might have been different had the whole

circumstances of the case been present to the mind of Lori sigin.

I venture to hope that His Excellency will

consider the question I have endeavoured to raise of sufficient

importance to the officers of the Hongkong service to induce his

to bring it favourably before the Secretary of State.

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