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Supreme Court, Hongkong,

13th. February, 1909.

I have the honour to acknowledge Your Excel-

-lency's letter of 3rd. February, on the subject of the

Registry of the Supreme Court, I have already addressed

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one letter to Your Excellency on the subject, dealing

specially with Mr. Seth's letter and requesting that I

should be enlightened as to the view the Goverment takes

of the matter, on which I am completely in the dark.

2.

Your Excellency regrets that I should ask

that the matter be re-considered by the Secretary of State

in view of the voluminous correspondence which has already

been submitted to the Secretary of State. I have the honour

to remind Your Excellency that I administer the King's

justice in the Colony, and for such purpose I represent

His Majesty. If in the course of the administration of the

civil affairs of the Colony an order is made which in-

-terferes with the administration of justice which I cannot

ret altered by the usual method, it is my duty to make the

strongest representation possible to that end; and this

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