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The Registry,

Supreme Court, Hongkong,

29th. January, 1909.

C.O.

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12799

RECO RESP 15 APR OC

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I have the honour to acknowledge-the-

receipt of your latter No. 1727/1908, of the 27th. instant and

its enclosure on the question of the status of the Registrar of

the Supreme Court.

2.

In reply, I beg to state that Sir F. Piggott

appears to have greatly misunderstood me in this matter as the

extract from His Honour's letter forwarded with your letter

3.

does not correctly represent my view and attitude in the matter

in as much as I did not make the remarks concerning the Hon.

the Colonial Secretary which His Honour attributes to me.

With reference to my showing His Honour

such minutes as y deemed desirable I did so out of courtesy and

with no desire that His Honour should take up the cause, as

the Hon. the Colonial Secretary has always endeavoured to meet

my request for keeping up the full strength of my Staff when-

-ever the exigencies of the Service permitted of it.

A.

On the last occasion that I showed a

minute to His Honour, His Honour suggested that he should take

up the matter alleging that it would carry more weight: in this

I did not aoquiesce as I was satisfied that any reasonable

request made by me would always receive due consideration from

the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. His Honour I believe never-

-theless considered it necessary to represent the matter him-

-self directly to His Excellency.

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Henourable

The Colonial Secretary.

I am etc.,

(sd.) A. Seth,

Registrar.

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