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- 8th. October-in which the following further points were

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of the Court extended to Chinese subjects in China, as the

Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure could not be made applio-

-able to them, and there was no treaty sanctioning it:

that in virtue of ■. II of the Chefoo Convention the

Chinese Authorities might require all cases in which

Chinese are defendants to be tried in a Chinese Court by

a Chinese Official.

That it would not be wise to attempt to enforce the

Chinese Authorities in Canton to recognise writs or

judgments of the Hongkong Court, as they would insist on re-hearing the case, and also require reciprocity.

That in referring to the reliance on the 'good offices'

of the Consul for serving a writ in Canton I had over- »looked the fact that the Order in Council only applies to

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British subjects.

That the practice of Hongkong Solicitors themselves serving

writs on Chinese in Canton was "an extremely irregular and

reprehensible proceeding”.

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