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Supreme Court, Hongkong,

23rd. September, 1909.

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Me 9 DEC 09.

I have the honour to acknowledge Your

Excellency's letter of 15th. September in which you inform me

that, Kr. Justice Gompertz having confirmed the statements which I made in my application for leave, Your Excellency has no objection to my taking my leave in the manner I proposed. I

rerret that Your Excellency should have thought it necessary to

seek for confirmation of ry statements, more especially as I have taken short leave on two previous occasions while Your

Excellency has been in the Colon.

2.

I rather that the objection which Your

Excellency expressed to Mr. Justice Gompertz acting as Chief

Justice has also been removed.

3.

There are a few points in Your Excellency's

letters of 10th. and 12th. September which I think it necessary

to clear up.

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Mr. Rees Davies' application for a short

extension of leave was apparently not refused in consequence

of the uncertainty of the date of ng departure. He in fact

obtained the fortnight's extension he applied for.

I feel compelled to derur to Your Excel-

-lency's statement that I strongly recommended Mr. Rees Davies

to act as Chief Justice. My recomendation was on the contrary most lukewarm, as a reference to my memorandum on the subject will

remind Your Excellency.

4.

With regard to my taking short leave

immediately before going on leave, I do not see, with deference,

why a precedent should be necessary. It is convenient to me

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