CO129-357 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [7-9] — Page 195

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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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