CO129-347 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1908 [4-6] — Page 61

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Inclosure 7.

Chambers,

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Supreme Court, Hongkong,

29th. February, 1908.

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-lency's letter of the 8th. instant with reference to the ap-

-pointment of a Third Judge, on the 12th. instant, immediately

after its receipt. Since then I have been devoting a consider-

-able amount of time to putting into shape the information which

it is necessary to give to Your Fxcellency in order properly to

answer the questions put to me. It is inevitably full of detail,

but I do not see how I can avoid going into many technicalities

at length if I am to succeed in getting Your Excellency to

appreciate the reasons which have led me to recommend and to

urge with much insistence the appointment of an additional Judge

for it is apparent from Your Excellency's letter that I must

remove the impressions created on Your Excellency's mind, and

also on that of the Secretary of State, by the counter-proposals

Sercombe Smith.

made by Mr.

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It will I have no doubt greatly surprise

Your Excellency to hear that this is the first time I have seen

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Is Excellency

Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.G.,

Governor of Hongkong.

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