CO129-347 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [4-6] — Page 31

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I have sounded Sir Havilland de

Šausmarez, Judge of His Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court

at Shanghai, on the suggestion, that he should visit Hong-

-kong twice in the year as an Appeal Judge of the Hongkong

Supreme Court for periods of say a fortnight at each visit.

I found him in favour of the proposal, and he said that he

could arrange his work if the sittings were fixed in the

months of February and July or perhaps June. The Full

Court sat for 21 days in 1906 and for 29 days in 1907,

one of the sittings in the latter year was for the sole

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purpose of introducing the new Attorney-General. In view,

however, of the possibility of an increase in the number

of Appeals when an efficient Court was established, I asked

Sir Havilland de Sausmarez whether he could prolong the

sittings to three weeks instead of a fortnight if need

arose. He replied that he could arrange for three weeks on

an emergency. A remuneration of about £100 for each sitting

with £25 for incidental expenses and $125 for actual

travelling expenses, viz.:- £275 a year to include pension

and all claims of every kind, would seem to be reasonable

looking to the salaries of the Judges and the importance

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of the work in which the Colony requires assistance.

Sir Havilland de Sausmarez con-

-Bidered

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