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Para. 7.
Para. 8.
The position and rank of "Chief Justice" does carry
with it powers, precedence and status, which are
well-known and observed in the Colonial Service, and
in the Colony.
The question of precedence between the Chief Justice
of Hongkong and the Chief Judge of Shanghai was not
raised by me unnecessarily or discourteously. As to
the latter, I disclaim all idea of discourtesy to Sir
H. de Sauamarez or to any Judge on the Bench. Sir Havil
-land is a very old friend of mine; and in replying to
his letter referred to above, I told him that I knew
few men with whom I would more gladly co-operate.
I was however compelled to raise the question as it
had been put forward by the Foreign Office in the
interests of the Chief Justices of Hongkong and in
the Colony; because in the eyes of the suitors, whethet
English, foreign or Chinese, it would undoubtedly
diminish the prestige which the position of Chief
Justice gives to the occupant in the Colony. To the
Chinese especially it would appear that a slight had
been put upon the Chief Justice by allowing a Judgo
from another part of the world to preside in the
Court in which he usually presides. Nevertheless I
desired to maintain what I believe to be the
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