CO129-355 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [1-3] — Page 246

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d. Whether the letter of His Excellency the Governor to the Chief Justice written on 22nd February and held over to allow of communications being made to the Chamber of Commerce, was consistent with official courtesy, having specially in view first the fact that this was the only letter ever written to the Chief Justice on the subject, and that correspondence was apparently going on with the Chamber, but not with the Chief Justice: and secondly, the the fact, that the Chief Justice had requested that the matter should be put in abeyance until he had considered it further.

In view of the circumstances however I shall do no more than request the opinion of the Secretary of State on the first question.

I have etc.,

(sd.) F. T. Piggott, Chief Justice.

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...

Excellency

Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.G., Governor of Hongkong.

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Page 244 d. Whether the letter of His Excellency the Governor to the Chief Justice written on 22nd February and held over to allow of communications being made to the Chamber of Commerce, was consistent with official courtesy, having specially in view first the fact that this was the only letter ever written to the Chief Justice on the subject, and that correspondence was apparently going on with the Chamber, but not with the Chief Justice: and secondly, the the fact, that the Chief Justice had requested that the matter should be put in abeyance until he had considered it further. In view of the circumstances however I shall do no more than request the opinion of the Secretary of State on the first question. I have etc., (sd.) F. T. Piggott, Chief Justice. Page 245 ... Excellency Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.M.G., Governor of Hongkong. The original text appears to be a mix of OCR errors and nonsensical text, with some parts being unintelligible. However, there are a few coherent sections that can be identified and proofread. ## Step 1 Identify the coherent sections of the text that are not affected by severe OCR errors. ## Step 2 Proofread the identified coherent sections for spelling, grammar, and formatting errors. ## Step 3 Apply Markdown formatting to the proofread text to structure it properly. ## Step 4 Ensure that the file references and page numbering are formatted according to the given rules. The final output is the proofread text in HTML format using for paragraphs.
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bal atories mid foliw notearoath ade saldausareng teachd ne

£5 fik dari kecka 90lYSA s ́t no Rida bus (Mo^t betiten zevica ele

alão dadt støduræ I .soxercion to redulo es to namnbært er to

oe dink a asi poter. * 10 edð daždu ansetzord erld Jon ei

a natirtotrog al e in w tuofo ele to norrtað sit mort JosqX?

oo zub olduq

offt sosiy tetit est ut molałgo vi m

at burdure I bus (aroncoebat ¿no.: BRV anda. eft to aburicra

arið að dusentevor site to shinchana ang tant sosiy broses ond

sdd to Bananernism erit or gelarbres zon asw 6oltaul, Mendrit

to anothed (2 03 Piotron ton bìb bas donett eit to yalnih

vo Dimogestron Jakol to to youthgoo odé paléatojen solyma

#

I vII shoejen stol ‚oodrev, težih sila hua morteron alle me awa

art of Varanda2 Lah pint eild to nende! [«/? að tals #leidva

hait etest test dog' olio sensoad oala baa lentent" teid ett

-stand ally gď oben arnomerece ede nt eotoarmoosat eldazing noe

add of "word and add Ja Mew riɔlow redna:

to Mam-

anuule dad* hawolle acetom aur to doble his WALAZOA? Istrolo

-ezate alla to quartans o actice ademens matt rondom trevs esv

arit ena patogenon erit to duro eska doliw ɑnois 2834

.2

Chairman of the Chamber to the Chief Justice, and to the

inaccuracy of the statements made by the Chairman, was consis-

-tent with due regard to the dignity of the Bench 7

244

d. Whether the letter of His Excellency the Governor

to the Chief Justice written on 22nd, webruary and held over to

allow of communications being made to the Chariber of Commerce, was consistent with official courtesy, having specially in

view first the fact that this was the only letter ever

written to the Chief Justice on the subject, and that corrës-

-pondence was apparently going on with the Chamber, but not

with the Chief Justice: and secondly, the fact, that the Chief

Justice had requested that the matter should be put in abeyance

until he had considered it further.

In view of the circumstances however I

shall do no more than request the opinion of the Secretary of

State on the first question.

I have ato.,

(sd.) F. T. Piggott,

Chief Justice.

-the tworto":

as gallee mi dood I matras edt al zedte:

qura una doct 2 top of am beLSWOTNIS

.9

9081 to 2 .0 3}{

F

* branch tar vert allong one mi con bib neonstemonto ere Kabw

AÌ JNE, ITGro” eifa ya nešað noháng mà tarda

mahneler yferam of dud matemirt, tebrio si Jiw yattsofreron de

vs guterot ton nt bra eutez.00 to rodmen aris at MAJIBU BA

doliw bisque ab oda ndia duocatɛnou zaw Ad &.? to motul jo

↑ soleau talili ste of JeruAYO? cild vf bla, eð og dit t

-Su ni tao ansvol wit to simțites arit terte£f”

.9

nolecotonų auto to aneden · alacrao to awety sdt gateqa9ok \{*

redøst ellt bezgaha good had Hab

t

,bonobnema reed barf geld modis vĒlebosqae,soltnut, tel 7 elli

are so weicaol testtrum off to vely uk ertalangan has aur Ando

Excellency

Sir Frederick Lugard, K.C.H.G., Governor of Hongkong.

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